New research reveals a link between rising temperatures and changes in polar bear DNA, which may be helping them adapt and ...

As the planet heats, polar bears in southeastern Greenland appear to be adjusting to warmer conditions, new research from the ...

During development of the digestive system, a complex network of nerves forms around it, creating a "second brain"—the ...

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

The human genome contains approximately 1,600 types of transcription factors responsible for regulating gene activity across ...

A newly discovered promoter element "start" points to a shared regulatory syntax for controlling transcription initiation in ...

Polar bears are expected to become extinct but there are some signs their DNA is changing and they are adapting to new ...

Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform—from bacteria to blue whales—shares the same genetic code. How and when this code came about has been the subject of much scientific controversy.

During development of the digestive system, a complex network of nerves forms around it, creating a "second brain" - the ...

Analysis of more than one million people shows that mental-health disorders fall into five clusters, each of them linked to a ...

Scientists found that messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules that carry genetic instructions to the far reaches of neurons in the brain tend to cluster together mostly because they are abundant, not because ...