Developed at NYU Langone Medical Center, the “telomerator” reshapes synthetic yeast chromosome into more flexible, realistic form, redefining what geneticists can build.

"Patenting a gene is like patenting the water we drink and the air we breathe," says hospital's CEO.

Laboratory contaminants likely explain the results of a recent study claiming that complete genes can pass from foods we eat into our blood, according to a University of Michigan molecular biologist who re-examined data from the controversial research paper.

Request for proposals aims to identify promising research projects involving precious samples.

Proposed NGS quality control pipeline will reduce costs and lower turnaround times for common genetic tests.

Salk scientists find that a vitamin D-derivative makes tumors vulnerable to chemotherapy.

Researchers with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have completed the largest, most diverse tumor genetic analysis ever conducted, revealing a new approach to classifying cancers. The work, led by researchers at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and other TCGA sites, not only revamps traditional ideas of how cancers are diagnosed and treated, but could also have a profound impact on the future landscape of drug development.

Several Kansas State University researchers were essential in helping scientists assemble a draft of a genetic blueprint of bread wheat, also known as common wheat. The food plant is grown on more than 531 million acres around the world and produces nearly 700 million tons of food each year.

Scientists have found how the electric fish evolved its jolt.

Genetic analysis of eucalyptus yields insight into tree’s potential for fuel, fiber.