Scientists at Northwestern Medicine have developed a new genetic risk score that predicts who is most likely to experience irregular or dangerous heart rhythms. The test merges several types of ...

Scientists have sequenced the oldest RNA from a 40,000-year-old mammoth named Yuka, unlocking genetic activity from its final ...

A Ninth Circuit ruling struck down the United States Department of Agriculture’s exemption for highly refined GE ingredients ...

Each year, a single cow can belch about 200 pounds of methane. The powerful greenhouse gas is 27 times more potent at ...

New discoveries are showing how genetic variations can affect our health, from disease risks to how we respond to medicines. Understanding the genetics of animals, plants, and microbes helps us see ...

Scientists extracted 39,000-year-old RNA from a frozen woolly mammoth, revealing which genes were active when it died.

A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, and they're infected with a strain of the virus that hasn't been ...

The gene editing tool known as CRISPR-Cas9 is changing what’s possible for treating a wide range of diseases caused by ...

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Zoos and wildlife parks across North America are home to hundreds of giraffes that awe millions of visitors each year. These ...

Researchers at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, have uncovered the hidden code governing how genetic mutations affect RNA splicing and result in disease. The researchers were able to ...

Most organisms on Earth have the same basic genetic code, but it comes with some flaws. Scientists sought to work out those errors by creating their own artificial genome, which replaced E. coli’s ...