Mitochondrial DNA has long been treated as a workhorse record of cellular history, but new research suggests it also hides a subtle and previously overlooked form of damage. By uncovering this cryptic ...

Nestlé and global researchers have created a 96-variety cocoa collection covering 95 percent of worldwide genetic diversity ...

Flowering time regulation stands at the intersection of physiology, genetics, and molecular biology within plant science.

The 2025 Research Innovation Grants are supporting projects focused on biomarkers, risk factors, and treatments for ALS.

Ancient genetic data from central Argentina reveal a previously unknown human population that endured there for millennia.

New tools that create ultra-precise maps of our tissues are transforming our ability to diagnose and cure once-fatal ...

Some plants stay healthy even when a key nutrient drops. New research explains the root and cell tricks that help plants ...

Learn how mapping the genome is crucial for identifying genes linked to diseases like inflammatory bowel disease and multiple ...

How a decade of autism evidence led to a change the public barely noticed. Mirroring decades of evidence that genetics, environment, and cognition shape autism’s diverse pathways.

A new genome mapping method is helping Cornell scientists unlock the secrets of transposons—long dismissed as “junk DNA”—according to the Cornell Chronicle. Using a technique called CUT&Tag, ...

A new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison provides the first empirical evidence connecting the ...

Whole-genome sequencing reads every DNA base. This shifts medicine from diagnosing disease based on symptoms to molecular ...