Jacqueline Tabler discusses the role of connective tissues, highlighting the complex relationship between genetics, ...

You might not even know it, but your genetics might make you rarer than you think you are!

Rare genetic disorders are typically caused by a variant in a single gene. It is estimated that there are over 7000 such conditions, meaning that although individually rare, they are collectively ...

Much of what shapes people’s lives happens at an unseen level—it comes down to DNA. This year, The Scientist explored genetic insights into how individuals smell, metabolize alcohol, and even how ...

A Cornell-led study is challenging a decades-old explanation for how chromosomes exchange genetic material within the ...

The research team led by Professor Jongmin Kim from the Department of Life Sciences at POSTECH, along with graduate students Hyunseop Goh and Seungdo Choi, has successfully developed the 'Synthetic ...

Nature is beautiful, powerful and essential. But nature is not always gentle. The same biological world that gives rise to ...

For a long time, scientists have suspected that stuttering — a common speech condition that affects an estimated 1 in every 100 people — could be heritable. Despite how common it is, it's still a ...

Biotechnology has long relied on a handful of model microorganisms, such as Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, whose genetics and physiology are ...

The Department of Biology offers courses to explore a vast array of biological questions to all students. This includes University Core courses for non-majors, the introductory curriculum that ...