The degree of waveform distortion in clock genes could be a biomarker to help understand sleep disorders or the effects of aging on our internal clocks.

Unraveling the genetic mechanisms behind adaptive evolution stands as a pivotal challenge in molecular biology. While ...

This study provides valuable findings regarding potential correlates of protection against the African swine fever virus. The evidence supporting the claims is solid, although analysis using a higher ...

Gene editing may hold the key to rescuing endangered species—not just by preserving them, but by restoring their lost genetic diversity using DNA from museum specimens and related species. Scientists ...

The beautiful, fascinating and often perplexing world around us grows from intricate and convoluted interactions of millions ...

Some people’s biology may set them up to birth babies of a certain sex, explaining why a family with multiple children may have all girls or all boys.

Gain-of-function experiments are ingrained in the scientific process. In many instances, the benefits that stem from gain-of-function experiments are not immediately clear. Only decades later does the ...

Biological sciences articles from across Nature Portfolio Atom RSS Feed Biological sciences encompasses all the divisions of natural sciences examining various aspects of vital processes. The ...

Proteomic analysis (proteomics) refers to the systematic identification and quantification of the complete complement of proteins (the proteome) of a biological system (cell, tissue, organ ...

At some point during the evolution of life on Earth, inorganic matter became organic, nonliving matter became living. How ...