An international research team led by Hiroki Shibuya at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan has ...

Recent experiments have unveiled the remarkable resilience of an Earth bacterium that survived the extreme conditions of a ...

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Phytochelatin synthases (PCSs) produce phytochelatins—tiny, cysteine-rich peptides that bind and neutralize toxic metal ions ...

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A Taiwanese study identifies lncZPBP2-3 as a pollution-responsive gene variant that heightens asthma risk with long-term ...

On Tuesday, the team behind the plan to bring mammoth-like animals back to the tundra announced the creation of what it is calling wooly mice, which have long fur reminiscent of the woolly mammoth.

Almost 100 years ago, Carrie Buck was raped, labeled an “imbecile,” and sterilized by order of the state — all in the name of genetic progress. Today, we no longer use that word, but the dream of ...

Prostate cancer relies on genetic "switches," called enhancers, that can turn on tumor-promoting genes. Researchers at the ...