Mitochondrial DNA has long been treated as a workhorse record of cellular history, but new research suggests it also hides a subtle and previously overlooked form of damage. By uncovering this cryptic ...

The Southern Ocean—vast, boundless waters surrounding Antarctica—plays an outsized role in global climate, largely thanks to tiny drifting organisms called plankton that soak up carbon. Reporting in ...

Waterborne pathogens, particularly Cryptosporidium, pose a growing public-health risk in Australia and globally. Cryptosporidiosis notifications have increased markedly in recent years across multiple ...

Researchers at Cardiff University have uncovered how a particularly severe form of DNA damage arises—shedding new light on mutation processes that contribute to cancer and inherited genetic conditions ...

Most lethal mutations in wild fruit flies are driven by newly transferred jumping genes, not small DNA errors, according to a new study from Duke University. The findings, published in PLOS Biology, ...

ViruSure, an Asahi Kasei company and global leader in pathogen safety testing for biopharmaceuticals, today announced the launch of the world's first GMP-validated adventitious viral agent (AVA) ...

A new synthesis finds that common epilepsies are driven by thousands of tiny-effect genetic variants, most still ...

Cancer researchers are making strides in efforts to use genetic profiling to develop a more precise understanding of the response to treatment of acute ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have identified new genetic variants associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by using long-read whole genome sequencing (LR-WGS), an ...

Researchers use long-read genome sequencing to discover 33% more structural variants and 38% more tandem repeats linked to autism spectrum disorder.

Findings could help yield more accurate tests for autism and new therapies targeting specific genetic mechanisms.

The compounding power of Moore's Law allowed for the internet the smartphone and AI. Now Ian says it's being applied to the ...