A genomic atlas of Nematostella vectensis reveals how primitive animals created multiple cell types millions of years ago, ...

PULLMAN, WA, June 5, 2023—Agricultural Research Service and Washington State University scientists have developed an innovative web app called BRIDGEcereal [https://bridgecereal.scinet.usda.gov/] that ...

Changes in DNA sequence can trigger the chromosomes to misfold in a way that puts one at a heightened risk for Type 1 diabetes. The study revealed that differences in DNA sequences dramatically ...

A research team led by Zhiping Weng, Ph.D., and Jill Moore, Ph.D."18, at UMass Chan Medical School, has nearly tripled the ...

Alexandria, VA-- Genetic variations in an individual's ability to repair DNA damage may help predict survival in lung cancer patients treated with the common chemotherapy drugs cisplatin or ...

Rarely has our environment changed so quickly. On top of climate change, we’re exposing ourselves to air pollutants, microplastics and unprecedented levels of fat, salt and sugar in our food.

Many studies have examined variation in nuclear DNA content across environmental gradients. However, these studies have often produced conflicting results. We speculated that the conflicting ...

It's known that genetics, or an inherited genome, is a major determinant of one's risk for autoimmune diseases, like Type 1 diabetes. In human cells, a person's genome--about six feet of DNA--is ...