In a groundbreaking study, scientists have discovered more than 100 new human viruses in 252 different gut microbes, ...

Hundreds of new viruses living inside bacteria within our gut have been discovered in an international study led by Professor ...

Scientists explore how plants can rapidly adapt to climate change through natural genetic engineering, revolutionising crop resilience ...

“Our work is the first to directly test how chromosome structure affects bacterial growth, survival, and ability to cause ...

Researchers have understood for decades that some forms of deafness are inherited, yet until now, few of those genetic clues ...

Using fruit flies as a model species, researchers will study how individual differences in genetic background and diet can influence susceptibility to metabolic diseases.

Researchers at Princeton University and the Simons Foundation have identified four clinically and biologically distinct subtypes of autism, marking a transformative step in understanding the condition ...

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among Western women, with up to 10% of cases attributed to genetic variants. Despite this, the roots of many familial cases remain unexplored, largely due ...

Scientists from the University of Sheffield are investigating how plants can accelerate their own evolution through a process of "natural genetic engineering." ...