The UCSF community is saddened at the passing of former UCSF faculty member William Rutter, PhD, whose collaborative and ...

A Ph.D. graduate student in biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz, with a background in computer science and mathematics, ...

Scientists at ETH Zurich have broken new ground by generating over 400 types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab, far ...

A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human ...

In what experts are calling a “dream come true,” scientists used a recent biochemical discovery to help an 8-year-old boy ...

Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest ...

Scientists have produced a new roadmap outlining how genetic changes can affect the oil production of plants commonly used to ...

Researchers have created over 400 distinct types of human nerve cells in vitro, vastly expanding the diversity available for ...

Top scientists recommend controlled genetic engineering to WHO, highlighting potential benefits and risks in medical research.

Emile Donovan speaks to Associate Professor Nic Rawlence, Director of the University of Otago's Palaeogenetics Laboratory.

An international research team led by Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) and the Joint FAO/IAEA Center of Nuclear ...

Rebirth, separating the thrilling fiction from real-world genetic possibilities and limitations in bringing dinosaurs back.