Stripe patterns are commonly seen in nature—for instance, birds and fish move in coordinated flocks and schools, fingerprints form unique designs, and zebras can be identified by their distinctive ...

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...

What keeps our cells the right size? Scientists have long puzzled over this fundamental question, since cells that are too ...

A new genetic mapping strategy reveals how entire networks of genes work together to cause disease, filling in the missing ...

Scientists identify the first non-coding gene that directly controls cell size, reshaping how biology explains growth and ...

What keeps our cells the right size? Scientists have long puzzled over this fundamental question, since cells that are too large or too small are linked to many diseases. Until now, the genetic basis ...

A possible new treatment for impaired brain blood flow and related dementias is on the horizon. Research by scientists at the ...

Replacing a missing brain lipid may calm overactive blood vessels and restore healthy blood flow—opening a new path toward treating dementia.

Alzheimer's disease and related dementias affect 50 million people around the world and numbers are rising, placing immense ...

A new genome-wide mapping method finally shows how thousands of genes connect to drive disease. Biomedical researchers are working intensively to identify the genes that contribute to disease, with ...

Symptoms of stage 3 RCC vary; some patients experience blood in the urine, flank pain, fatigue, weight loss, or a palpable ...

Why do parasites harm their hosts? That's a question evolutionary biologists ask as they try to predict how a parasite might ...