Shades of black and gray: viruses change wolves’ coat color
Disease is shaping how wolves look in North America.
Tag: gene
New study furthers our understanding of how genetics influence heavy drinking
Understanding how genetics influences problem drinking can help us help those at risk.
The world’s first gene-engineered reptiles are all albinos
No other team has successfully applied gene-editing techniques to reptiles.
This one gene seems to underpin pancreatic cancers in mice
A gene that helps our pancreata repair can also lead to sickness.
Scientists perform billion-atom simulation of a human gene
The model could solve mysteries about DNA and lead to novel medicines.
The ‘forager gene’ of humans and fruit flies works in practically the same way
No time like mealtime.
Grasses steal neighbors’ genes to one-up other species
"They're OUR genes, tovarish plant" -- grasses.
Scientists harvest wild genes to give food crops an edge against diseases
Back to the wild for inspiration.
One broken gene made us very good runners
A genetic fluke two to three million years ago turned humans into the best endurance runners around.
This fungus senses gravity using a gene it borrowed from bacteria
Don't mind me, just borrowing some genes to make gravity-sensing crystals. Sorry, what?
Scientists discover why cockroaches are such good survivors
Their insane ability to survive almost anything is written in their DNA.
Gene mutation doesn’t make women diagnosed with breast cancer more likely to die
A gene mutation that makes it likely for women to develop breast cancer doesn't actually make the disease worse.
Gene mutation very common in a Amish community might extend lifespan by 10 years
The Amish could hold the secret to the 'fountain of youth'.
Biologists find genetic master switch for the butterfly’s wing color
Only two genes code both the canvas and paintbrush for the intricate butterfly wing patterns.
Exposure to BPA might reprogram the brains of turtles — affecting them genetically
It changes their genes.
Researchers find 6,500 genes expressed differently in men and women
The genes, it's all in the genes.
Researchers complete 30% of the synthetic yeast chromosome — synthetic life is just around the corner
Immense potential in a small cell.
Scientists engineer mosquitoes that could stop malaria spread
A mosquito with a gene that blocks the malaria parasite has been created in the laboratory, a new research reports.
Scientists figure out why snakes have such long bodies
Researchers from Portugal believe they finally have the answer.
Human limbs might have evolved from shark gills
Flap your hands like a shark.
Activating a single gene could reverse colon cancer growth
A new study on mice shows great promise for treating colon cancer - a simple genetic tweak can turn colorectal ...
Big-brained mice engineered using human DNA
In the quest to understand what are the crucial differences between human and chimpanzee brains, scientists have isolated a stretch ...
Would you clone your dog for $100,000?
We've come a long way since the first mammal, a sheep named Dolly, was cloned. Now, a lab in South ...
Genome duality: chromosome sets sequenced separately reveal magic ratio
Genetic diversity is essential to our survival, but its exactly the huge variance in genetic information that makes all so ...
Study that looked at 409 pairs of Gay Brothers confirms Chromosome X link to Homosexuality
A massive independent genetic survey sought to replicate the findings of a 20 year old controversial study which identified a stretch ...
Genes that Define How Tall You Grow Identified
It's common knowledge that babies born out of tall parents will most likely grow to be just as tall, but it's only ...
Resetting the immune system back 500 million years
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics (MPI-IE) re-activated the expression of an ancient gene in mice. To ...
Chemical switch found in Alzheimer’s and stroke victims’ brains kills neurons
Effects of Alzheimer's. Image: healthbenefitstimes.com Researchers at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) have found a chemical switch that both ...
A gene mutation for excessive alcohol drinking found
Mice in the control group refused to drink alcohol When a certain gene was deactivated, they started preferring alcohol ...
Gene key in neuron generation discovered
Scientists have discovered an atypical gene that is thought to be crucial for the generation of new neurons in the ...
GM ‘hybrid’ fish poses threat to natural populations
A study has shown that genetically modified salmon that breed with wild trout can produce a fast-growing, competitive fish that ...
Controversial study claims humans are slowly losing their intellectual abilities
According to a new study conducted by Professor Gerald Crabtree, who heads a genetics laboratory at Stanford University in California, ...
Science explains why supermarket tomatoes are less tasty than garden grown
(c) S. Zhong and J. Giovannoni A newly published researchers by scientists at University of California Davis and Cornell University ...
Lab uses skin cells to help repair heart muscle
Another breakthrough in biology and medicine was reported, as scientists were able, for the first time, to take skin cells ...
Dark skin and natural blond hair genetic mystery solved
Skin and hair color are most inherited from parents, and usually hint pretty accurately to a person's ethnicity. Dark skin ...
Men’s Y chromosome stands its ground – men aren’t going extinct!
Good news for men, and especially women: the Y chromosome, which holds the male sex determining genes in most mammals, ...
Ozzy Osborne’s genome reveals why he is still alive
The lead singer, rock legend bat beheader has done pretty much anything you can do in this life. He played ...
Homer Simpson gene limits memory and learning ability ?
Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have conducted a study showing that the deletion of a particular gene makes ...
Mad genius reddux: study suggest link between psychosis and creativity
History is just teeming with examples of brilliant artists that acted in very peculiar ways - to put it lightly. ...
Dead gene is resurrected in humans
This is what researchers believe to be the first true comeback of a gene in the human/great ape lineage; the ...
Language is defined by culture, not biology
How and why language appeared has been a subject of countless studies and hours of research, but the results haven't ...
‘Ruthlessness gene’ discovered
Recently, it seems there's a gene for everything, from generosity to ruthlesness. That still doesn't mean that you can blame ...
Switching genes off and on
Working with genes is something very delicate and dangerous at the same time. If scientists were able to, say, turn ...
