NEW YORK — An Abyssinian cat from Missouri, named Cinnamon, has made scientific history. Researchers have largely decoded her DNA, a step that may aid the search for treatments for both feline and ...

"This is truly a platform technology, a whole new way of doing things that can change the paradigm of the way things are done in the lab." Elsewhere, a half-dozen companies are racing to come up with ...

For decades, scientists believed the essence of life was written solely in four chemical bases: A, C, T, and G. Together, ...

Each cell in our bodies carries about two meters of DNA in its nucleus, packed into a tiny volume of just a few hundred cubic micrometers-about a millionth of a milliliter. The cell manages this by ...

Soil sampling sites (top).Classification of soil nematode communities by feeding group (results for barcode region 4) (bottom). Credit: Toyohashi University of Technology. Soil sampling sites ...

SEATTLE – Scientists have developed a breakthrough method to track diet using stool metagenomic data. Developed by researchers at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), the new method, called MEDI ...

The sweetpotato feeds millions worldwide, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where its natural resilience to climate extremes makes it crucial for food security. But this humble root vegetable has ...

DNA, often called the blueprint of life, is built from four chemical building blocks known as deoxy-nucleoside triphosphates ...

Researches found cannabis use is not associated with a single gene but a combination that could contribute to whether someone is likely to use frequently.

Scientists have determined the complete genetic codes of the single-cell parasite that causes malaria and of the mosquito that transmits it to people, a feat they said would allow them to launch a ...