Former Queen's University spin-out using its unique AI-driven drug discovery engine to fight aggressive cancers ...

The virus often mutates by simply deleting small pieces of its genetic code. The mutations "disguise" the virus from ...

Adelaide Tovar, a University of Michigan scientist who researches genes related to diabetes, used to feel like an impostor in a laboratory. Tovar, 32, grew up poor and was the first in her family to ...

Researchers found hundreds of genes linked to osteoarthritis, opening doors to new and repurposed treatments. The findings ...

Researchers say that while a new study has implications for neurodegenerative disease research, its more immediate impact will be in biotechnology.

You might soon carry a wallet made from dinosaur skin. No, not fossilized—actual leather engineered from T. rex DNA in a lab.

An investigational gene therapy has successfully restored immune function in all nine children treated with the rare and life ...

Nijhout, the John Franklin Crowell Distinguished Professor of Biology, has been a member of the Duke faculty since 2000. His ...

Mental health disorders and physical diseases often co-occur, and growing evidence suggests that shared genetic factors contribute to their comorbidity.