Genetics

Genetics

Big biological datasets map life’s networks

Expanding from genomics to multi-omics means stretching data capacity, but it may lead to a future of early diagnosis, personalized medicine and hardy crops.

Genetics

‘Three-parent babies’ explained

Several in vitro techniques can produce babies with three biological parents.

Genetics

How gene editing is changing what a lab animal looks like

What makes a good animal model? New techniques bring opportunities and challenges to model organisms.

Animals

Hot and spicy pain signals get blocked in naked mole-rats

Naked mole-rats have a protein that interrupts pain signal.

Animals

Hot and spicy pain signals get blocked in naked mole-rats

Naked mole-rats have a protein that interrupts pain signal.

Genetics

To make female pill bugs, just add bacterial genes

Genes from Wolbachia bacteria infiltrated pill bugs and now make genetic males female.

Genetics

Gene linked to autism in people may influence dog sociability

DNA variants were linked to beagles’ tendency to seek human help.

Genetics

First ‘three-parent baby’ born from nuclear transfer

The first human baby produced through spindle nuclear transfer was born in April, New Scientist reports.

Genetics

New era of human embryo gene editing begins

Gene editing of viable human embryos is happening, in and out of the public eye.

Genetics

Endurance training leaves no memory in muscles

Unlike strength training, endurance workouts left no genetic trace months later, calling into question idea of a general muscle memory.

Genetics

Single exodus from Africa gave rise to today’s non-Africans

Genetics and climate studies differ on when modern humans left Africa.

Life

Aneil Agrawal unites math and mess

Evolutionary geneticist Aneil Agrawal is equally at home with real and hypothetical fruit flies.