Genetics

  1. Life

    Here’s how cells rapidly stuff two meters of DNA into microscopic capsules

    Scientists have figured out how cells quickly pack up their chromosomes before a cell divides.

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  2. Genetics

    Scientists find 10 new defense systems used by bacteria

    Scientists identify 10 groups of genes that appear to govern defense systems used by bacteria against virus attacks.

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  3. Genetics

    Baby macaques are the first primates to be cloned like Dolly the Sheep

    Scientists have cloned two baby macaque monkeys with the same technique used to clone Dolly. The research could help advance the cloning of other species.

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  4. Neuroscience

    Cilia in the brain may be busier than previously thought

    A hairlike appendage sticking out of brain cells may be much more important in the brain than scientists realized.

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  5. Anthropology

    Hunter-gatherer lifestyle could help explain superior ability to ID smells

    Hunter-gatherers in the forests of the Malay Peninsula prove more adept at naming smells than their rice-farming neighbors, possibly because of their foraging culture.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Not all strep infections are alike and it may have nothing to do with you

    Add-on genes in some bacteria shape the way strains interact with the immune system.

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  7. Genetics

    CRISPR gene editor could spark immune reaction in people

    Immune reactions could shut down CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing.

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  8. Genetics

    50 years ago, synthetic DNA made its debut

    Synthetic DNA has come a long way since it arrived on the scene half a century ago.

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  9. Animals

    Specialized protein helps these ground squirrels resist the cold

    A less active cold-sensing protein explains, in part, why some hibernating ground squirrels are more tolerant of chilly conditions than the animals’ nonhibernating kin.

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  10. Science & Society

    2017 delivered humility, and proved our potential

    Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill reflects on some of the top scientific stories of 2017.

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  11. Genetics

    CRISPR gene editing moved into new territory in 2017

    Scientists edited viable human embryos with CRISPR/Cas9 this year.

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  12. Life

    Not all of a cell’s protein-making machines do the same job

    Ribosomes may switch up their components to specialize in building proteins.

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