Although many studies approach the developmental disorder Rett syndrome as a single condition arising from general loss of ...

Two threads ran through some of this week’s top healthcare leadership headlines. Healthcare CEOs offered notably different takes on where mission ends and margin begins. Meanwhile, the political ...

Venter led the private effort to sequence the human genome and created the first synthetic bacterial cell while launching ...

Advanced non-viral gene delivery systems are expanding the range of indications and therapy modalities possible for the new generation of genetic medicines.

The development of an embryo is one of the most fundamental processes in biology. Early in this process, it is determined ...

Every cell in the human body squeezes over six feet of DNA into a minuscule speck invisible to the naked eye—like compressing ...

Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive type of brain cancer that is known to be very difficult to treat. One reason why this ...

A familiar compound found in everyday foods may hold unexpected potential in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

A system once tied to DNA organization in cyanobacteria has evolved into a structure that shapes the cell itself. This shift ...

"This year's laureates show what great science can do — deepen our understanding of the world and lead to discoveries that ...

Most fat stores energy; the body's brown fat does the opposite. Unlike the white fat that accumulates just under our skin, ...

An experimental gene therapy for a rare form of genetic deafness has successfully restored hearing in children and adults, ...