Drug development in biotechnology takes time. A lot of time. On average, it takes 10 to 15 years to take a medicine from ...

UC San Diego scientists discover enzyme responsible for scrambling cancer genomes; results could enable new treatments for ...

University of California San Diego researchers have discovered the enzyme responsible for chromothripsis, a process in which a single chromosome is shattered into pieces and rearranged in a scrambled ...

Conflict between humans and baboons can tear communities apart. Shirley C. Strum has studied wild olive baboons in Kenya for ...

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A study scanned genomes from over 450,000 people to find individuals who carry rare archaic versions of DNA changes once ...

Leading synthetic biologists have shared hard-won lessons from their decade-long quest to build the world's first synthetic ...

The Northwestern Innovation Institute (NI Institute) at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management today announced the Northwestern Innovation Prize for Human-Machine Partnership (NI Prize ...

New scientific work is quietly redrawing the master timeline of ancient Egypt, shifting key dynasties and even the start of ...

With a rate of mutation 35 percent higher than random chance, this previously unknown weakness could be a major vector for ...

After more than 50 years of research, scientists still don't know exactly what causes autism. But the data make clear that ...

Research on how and when zebra mussels spread through Minnesota is providing critical data for management and prevention.