Parasites are a major global health problem, underlying many human diseases worldwide. For example, Plasmodium falciparum, ...

A longstanding mystery in mosquito biology has been solved, opening a potential new path for controlling mosquitoes and the ...

Scientists have created human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells, a step that someday could help women who are infertile or gay couples have babies with their own genes but would also raise ...

As the human body replaces millions of dead cells every day, it relies on a process of cooperation between cells that evolved as a way to guard against cancer, according to newly published research ...

Researchers from The University of Osaka have identified a gene key for parasite egress, providing a novel target for ...

It’s not just about chromosomes. Or reproductive cells. Or any other binary metric. Many genetic, environmental and developmental variations can produce what are thought of as masculine and feminine ...