DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Preimplantation Genetic Testing Market by Procedure (Diagnosis, Screening), Technology (NGS, PCR, FISH, CGH, SNP), Product (Consumable, Instrument), Application (Aneuploid, HLA Typing), Type...

IntroductionMarie Delattre was studying the sexual reproduction practices of microscopic worms when she noticed something unexpected. Under the microscope, an embryo of the nematode...

After over two decades, the human genome sequence is finally complete.The holdout? The Y chromosome. Although far smaller than the other 23 chromosomes, Y...

IntroductionThe marine creatures called skates skim along the sea bottom, rippling their winglike pectoral fins to propel themselves and to stir up small creatures...

Think of the first draft of the human genome as a book. Published just past the turn of the century, the human genome paved...

IntroductionWhen the researcher Daniel Kronauer was still a postdoc in 2008, he traveled to Okinawa, Japan, for wild specimens of clonal raider ants (the...

IntroductionIn March 2018 at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, surrounded by his devoted keepers, Sudan the northern white rhino breathed his last. He...

Seven mice just joined the pantheon of offspring created from same-sex parents—and opened the door to offspring born from a single parent.In a study...

Death comes for us all. Aging, maybe not.It sounds preposterous, but plenty of animals—from the lowly jellyfish to naked mole rats and giant tortoises—show...

IntroductionPeople often think they know what causes chronic depression. Surveys indicate that more than 80% of the public blames a “chemical imbalance” in the...

In a new study, scientists- from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), in collaboration with several other research institutes, including K. MIKIMOTO...

Chromosomes, incredibly long DNA molecules, were pictured as knotted up like stray balls of yarn resembling a gel. But a new study by scientists...