Human fertility hinges on a delicate molecular ballet that begins even before birth. UC Davis researchers have uncovered how special protein networks safeguard chromosomes as eggs and sperm form, ...

When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many things - including a crucial event that happened ...

When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many things — including a crucial event that happened while she was still growing inside her own mother’s womb.

When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many things - including a crucial event that happened ...

A research team led by Professor Simona Giunta at the University of Rome La Sapienza has produced the first reference-quality ...

For decades, gene-editing science has been limited to making small, precise edits to human DNA, akin to correcting typos in ...

Previously unmapped sections of the genome explain how cells sense their mechanical environment and could open new paths for ...

Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps share 98.8% of their DNA. But is this actually true? And what does "similar ...

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong have discovered that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a common human virus closely linked to nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), can change the 3D structure of ...

Clinicians' ability to diagnose and treat chronic diseases is limited by scientific uncertainty around factors contributing to disease risk. A study published September 2 in the journal PLOS Biology ...