Ancient genomes from southern Africa show that people evolved in isolation for upward of 100,000 years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Institute of Agrobiological Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan Introduction: Copy number variation (CNV) is one of the crucial elements among ...

Should we genetically modify wild lions? Of course not, might be your instant response. But what if lions were being wiped out by a devastating disease introduced by people? What if the genetic change ...

Genetic modification of food/seeds/crops is similar to the natural cross breeding that has been done traditionally but this time, the selection of traits is done ...

Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest resistance and other valuable traits. That technology, which loads genetic ...

TORONTO -- A year after British doctors raised alarm bells over the use of antibiotics in genetic modification, one of the world's largest biotechnology companies says it will phase out their use in ...

Genetic regulation of glucose homeostasis is central to the maintenance of human health and the prevention of metabolic disorders such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Recent advances in molecular ...

Researchers still do not have a comprehensive picture of the factors that influence gene expression in human cancers. Understanding gene expression in cancer is important because it can reveal how the ...