A single drug taken during pregnancy may leave sharply different fingerprints on the developing brains of boys and girls, and a new study points to an unexpected culprit: a form of iron-driven cell ...

Repetitive DNA and the D1 protein help matching fruit fly chromosomes recognize one another before eggs form.

Inside each human cell, about 2 meters (6.6 feet) of genomic DNA must be accurately copied and equally transmitted to two ...

Scientists have found that the human brain develops from two distinct cellular systems, suggesting that evolution fused together two ancient nervous systems with very different jobs. The discovery ...

H5N1 bird flu caused severe infections in cows’ udders while largely sparing their lungs when it began spreading among U.S.

The offspring of mice that spend time on the International Space Station are more vulnerable to external stressors, a new ...

The human brain begins developing along two distinct paths, a discovery that could help scientists grow hard-to-make neurons in the lab.

Researchers have uncovered a hidden molecular warning sign of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that can linger even when patients feel well and appear to be in remission. By studying around 900 human ...

Two patients receive the same immunotherapy for the same cancer. In one, the tumor retreats and stays gone for years. In the ...

Blade 1998 science holds up 28 years later: the horror-action film built its vampire mythology on real biochemistry, ...

Iambic Therapeutics is maintaining the momentum generated by its recent megaround and Big Pharma partnerships by gearing up ...

Half of our genome is made of transposons — snips of DNA that can move and copy themselves. But they’re more than parasites ...