A new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience suggests that a specific genetic variant alters how organisms respond to alcohol. The research identifies the chrna3 gene as a primary regulator of ...

A new study reveals that chromosomal fusions dating back millions of years still influence how quickly copepods adapt to new environments. Researchers found that fusions rearranged key genes and ...

Ribosomes, the protein factories of the cell, are essential for all living organisms. They bind to mRNA and move along the ...

Yet Crick was not afraid to be wrong. Before settling on the double helix, he proposed a triple one. He published an ...

The performance of skilled behaviors requires a balance between consistency and adaptability. Although the neural mechanisms that regulate this balance have been extensively studied at systems and ...

The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 ...

Boston startup Bystro AI believes the mail-in genetic tests used by millions to trace their ancestry could also help people ...

Pyrrolysine is an important component of methyltransferase enzymes, which the archaea use to metabolize methylamine in the environment. “The need for that metabolism and availability of the machinery ...

How do pigeons know where they're going while flying across vast distances? Researchers point to their inner ear system.

Ribosomes don’t just make proteins—they can sense when something’s wrong. When they collide, they send out stress signals ...

The tools for advancing our understanding of basic biology have become increasingly capable of taking on large, ...

Of course, there are other ethical issues, such as the child's right to choose. An embryo has no say in how the parents alter ...