Recent research has uncovered a fascinating mechanism in the nematode worm C. elegans that could have profound implications ...

Tardigrades make a unique damage suppressor protein that researchers are working to harness for medicine, space, agriculture, ...

The distinctive colored fur of two of Australia's rarest marsupials could be caused by "broken" pigment genes, new research ...

Spaceflight rewires the human body. Muscles shrink, bones thin and fluids shift towards the brain – but these changes may ...

A label-free nanopore platform uses programmable DNA circuits to build versatile molecular logic gates, forming a universal basis for scalable DNA computing and advanced biosensing applications.

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One hundred years after the heroic journey to Nome, scientists reveal how Balto's DNA explains his incredible endurance and ...

Frogs have made significant contributions to Fred Hutch science over the years as a model organism that shares much of our ...

The human body relies on precise genetic instructions to function, and cancer begins when these instructions get scrambled.

A new study has revealed the mechanism of multimerization — the association of different molecules to form complex structures ...