Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...

Researchers in Sweden recovered RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, allowing them to identify which genes were active in its tissues before extinction.

An innovative three-color method for capturing images of mRNA inside live mammalian cells has been developed by UMass Amherst chemists. Because RNA is both incredibly important to human life and ...

As the Arctic warms and sea ice disappears, polar bears are being pushed into conditions they have never faced before. Their ...

Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic ...

All living organisms face the problem of parasites — entities that thrive on others, often at the hosts’ expense. As a result, life is characterized by the presence of defence systems that keep such ...

Fluorescent method is best yet for observing the mysteries of RNA inside the cell, in real time and in colorAMHERST, Mass. — An innovative three-color ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

An innovative three-color method for capturing images of mRNA inside live mammalian cells has been developed by UMass Amherst chemists. Because RNA is both incredibly important to human life and ...