Growing plants in germ-free chambers reveals how their genes curate their microbiomes, report researchers.
A study of people with Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease highlights the importance of amyloid. But it also shows that's not the only factor.
One enzyme may determine whether human development starts correctly. The discovery could help explain why some fertilization fails.
A new gene signal amplifier could help simplify diagnosis of conditions like Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, and some cancers.
Having boys or girls is essentially random and doesn't depend on the parents' genes, researchers report.
A tube that mimics the pancreatic duct could help researchers "go back in time" to see how pancreatic cancer develops and spreads.
"This is like the Google Earth of endometrial cancer.… We tried to measure everything we possibly could. Then we searched for patterns."
A new "scorecard" that looks at 29 different genes could be a tool to improve cancer diagnosis. It may also help predict patient survivability.
The parasite witchweed is one of the greatest threats to food security in Africa. New research identifies how some sorghum crops resist it.
To study one of the last groups of woolly mammoths, researchers brought back some of their genes. The findings paint a grim picture of their slide to extinction.
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