Disease-causing mutations in the signaling protein BMP4 impair its secretion, but only when it is made as a homodimer.

Metabolism refers to biochemical processes that occur within any living organism, including humans, to maintain life. These biochemical processes allow the body to grow, reproduce, repair damage ...

Goswami and colleagues used rod-specific Gls1 (the gene encoding glutaminase 1) knockout mice to investigate the role of GLS1 in photoreceptor health when GLS1 was deleted from developing or adult ...

The effort to resurrect dire wolves started at Colossal with DNA recovery from two ancient remains, which included a tooth from 13,000 years ago and a skull dating back 72,000 years. Research teams ...

Colossal scientists have created three dire wolf pups by using ancient DNA, cloning and gene-editing technology to alter the genes of a gray wolf, the prehistoric dire wolf’s closest living ...

"The ability to change a DNA sequence of our choosing into a new sequence of our choosing is a fundamentally very powerful capability," the 51-year-old said, foreseeing uses not just in human ...

Credit: Fraguando – CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Scientists are studying the origins of the inhabitants of the ‘green Sahara’ through the DNA of two female mummies. Seven thousand years ago the ...

Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health, ...

I was sorry that 23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week, but there would be a blizzard in Death Valley before I would ever use an online DNA kit company. I don’t feel ...