Researchers used mice with nine different genetic backgrounds to identify factors influencing eye aging, paving the way for eye-based diagnostics for neurodegenerative diseases.

But just like Mendel and his peas don’t fully explain the actual complexity of genetic inheritance, simple definitions for ...

One of the most complex processes in human experience — the education of a growing, evolving child — is rated based on two ...

Gene therapy represents a paradigm shift in modern medicine, offering unprecedented opportunities to combat diseases at their ...

Conservative lawmakers say it's just a matter of semantics, but opponents claim such legislation specifically targets ...

Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion of the genomic era shows that gene loss and simplification is a much more ...

UMD researchers have discovered key mechanisms in gene regulation that could improve the design of RNA-based medicines.

is predicated on a biological definition of “female” — that when it comes to collegiate athletics, “sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics ...

It’s a new way to create “bi-paternal” mice that can survive to adulthood—but human applications are still a long way off. Mice with two fathers have been born—and have survived to ...

Genetic changes in a population over time refer to the process by which the genetic makeup of a population evolves. Factors that can lead to genetic changes include mutations in genetic material, ...