Plants produce a wide diversity of compounds. Broadly, these are separated into primary metabolites, which are necessary for ...

From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body's ...

The ability to analyze gene expression at the single-cell level — known as single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) — has ...

Water and air pose completely different challenges to animals on a number of levels.

Imagine that you want to know the plot of a movie, but you only have access to either the visuals or the sound. With visuals ...

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

While physical activity is known to slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease, many patients are unable to exercise due ...

A fertilized egg somehow manages to build skin, brain, and blood cells within days. But how? New tech called LoxCode is ...

For years, researchers have seen a connection between exercise and the progression of cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's ...

Two species of worms, separated by 20 million years of evolution, have been found to activate their genes in nearly identical ...