With threats to red panda habitat and population declines, Bhutan's first population survey of the endangered species comes ...

Cutting early life exposure to parental smoking may lower the risk of developing MS (multiple sclerosis) in those who are ...

India, home to 96 million rare disease patients, is considering eliminating local drug trials to expedite treatments, raising ...

A GENETICS project aiming to have one of the largest research reference population for goat meat production in the world has ...

Broadalbin-Perth high schoolers in Brian Henry’s science research class have gotten a unique opportunity over the past few ...

A research team has recently constructed a global polymorphism genetic map of variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs), termed ...

The new Ochsner site will contribute to uncovering additional genes as well as examine health disparities and care access for ...

A recent report by the National Institute for Research on Environmental Health (NIREH) highlights a significant increase in chromosomal aberrations among Bhopal gas survivors and their descendants, ...

The genome of a once-endangered songbird shows extensive signs of inbreeding, according to a new study by Penn State ...

The cloned black-footed ferret, Antonia, produced two kits, a male and female, at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Virginia. The organization's senior curator, Paul ...

The reason for the disparity is unknown but is not believed to be genetic. Female athletes appear to be at the lowest risk.

Computational biologists have uncovered how RNA splicing -- a crucial process for isoform expression and protein diversity -- is regulated across different cell types in the peripheral blood. This ...