Researchers from the University of Hong Kong have discovered that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a common human virus closely ...

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Scientists study a molecular machine that moves jumping genes in DNA, paving the way for a new gene editing tool beyond ...

Baltimore played a role in virtually every important national debate over the use and potential misuse of the science of ...

Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps ...

Researchers, including those at the University of Tokyo, have made a surprising discovery hiding in people's mouths: Inocles, ...

Researchers including those at the University of Tokyo have made a surprising discovery hiding in people’s mouths: Inocles, ...

Nicolás Rascován, a geneticist at the Pasteur Institute in France who was not involved with the research but did help ...

New research reveals promising drug targets to block coronaviruses at multiple stages of infection—even across different ...

Researchers including those at the University of Tokyo have made a surprising discovery hiding in people's mouths: Inocles, giant DNA elements that had previously escaped detection.