To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...

Leaf drooping increases leaf breakage during mechanical harvesting, lowering tea yield and quality. The study reveals that ...

Genetically Modified (GM) and Genome-Edited (GE) plants are opening exciting new possibilities for building sustainable agriculture. These technologies ...

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

Cross-species functional genomics identify ribosomal protein genes as key regulators of cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart development, implicating them as candidate modifiers for HLHS and ...

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

Two researchers at the University of California, Davis, have been awarded a VinFuture Prize in recognition of their work ...

When UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna first began studying how bacteria fight virus infections, she had no idea it ...

Biosecurity threats, which include natural outbreaks, laboratory accidents, and intentional bioterrorism, are a major issue for global health security. The impact of poor preparedness on the health, ...

UC Davis researchers engineered wheat that encourages soil bacteria to convert atmospheric nitrogen into plant-usable fertilizer. By boosting a natural compound in the plant, the wheat triggers ...