Researchers identify a genetic mechanism that coordinates flower development and fruit formation, paving the way toward tomato varieties with more ...

For more than 70 years, the drug 6-thioguanine (6-TG) has been used to treat leukemia. Although its clinical effects have been studied extensively, scientists are still uncovering the molecular ...

Every living cell, from the simplest bacterium to a human neuron, relies on the same basic machinery to read, interpret, and use its DNA. This molecular machinery is so fundamental that life as we ...

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have uncovered how a key Parkinson's protein called LRRK2 shifts between inactive and active forms, revealing the structural changes that enable certain mutations ...

A Pelotonia Undergraduate Fellowship will support Izzy Huth's research into antibiotic-resistant infections in cancer ...

The staff members at Brown’s Multidisciplinary Teaching Laboratories support future scientists and doctors by helping them master laboratory techniques, creating a safe and exciting learning ...

Two plants that cause neurotoxicity and paralysis in the tiniest doses are also known to counter pain, malaria, cancer and pests. For the first time, researchers discovered a way to recreate these ...

I was pregnant with my first baby when my grandmother died. The last time I saw her, she had moved into an assisted-living facility where all of her worldly possessions were condensed down to two ...

A person’s genes play a far greater role in likely lifespan than previously thought, according to a major new study published Thursday in the journal Science. Using data from human twin studies, an ...