Certain species of wasps and frogs share a pain and inflammation peptide similar to one found in vertebrates to help defend against predators—a discovery that contributes to a shifting view of how ...

Plants are fast-tracking their own evolution by "plugging in" genetic code stolen from their neighbors, according to new research that reveals the secret to their own successful genetic engineering.

The fungus Fusarium xylarioides causes wilt in coffee plants, ultimately killing them. By studying their genetics, scientists hope to better understand and prevent this disease.

Since 2010, scientists have known that Neanderthals and our ancestors had offspring together, and those hybrid babies passed down their genes to many present-day people. But the idea of “archaic ...

Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...

One of the most intriguing findings was for cat breast cancers, more than half of which showed a mutation in a gene called ...

The 2026 Priestley Medalist and Nobel laureate struggled with finding her way through school before achieving the greatest feats in science ...

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While lifestyle choices, including diet and activity level, play an important role in a person’s risk of obesity, genetics can also shape natural tendencies toward weight gain or loss. In fact, genes ...

El Monte-based technology company Fulgent Genetics Inc. agreed to acquire selected assets of Bako Diagnostics, a pathology laboratory based in Alpharetta, GA, and to acquire StrataDx, a ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks at an agency town hall Dec. 18, the day after he was sworn in as administrator. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls It took a year, but the Jared Isaacman era at NASA ...

Jemima McPhee receives funding from an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often ...