Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make ...

An updated edition of the July 30, 2025, article. Genomics involves a thorough study of genomes (an organism’s complete set of deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA). It involves understanding how genes ...

Several genetic variants associated with social behavior in honey bees are located within genes that have previously been ...

Because of existing UN conventions and protocols, according to environmental law experts, a moratorium would have limited practical impact. For that reason, this debate feels like an era-defining ...

In 1933, geneticist Thomas Hunt Morgan won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for demonstrating that genes exist on chromosomes, which are passed down from parent to offspring. Ninety-one years ...

How do cells know what they should become as the body develops? Biological development depends crucially on spatial patterns: ...

Researchers reveal epigenetic memory works like a dimmer switch, enabling more cell types than previously recognized.

Genes establish probabilities rather than certainties. The environment, parenting, and experiences influence how children's ...

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Marvin Collins ’22, a bioengineering student, was balancing their Stanford classes from home in Alabama while also helping bioengineering professor ...