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

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 ...

Bipolar disorder is a complex psychiatric disorder, characterized by fluctuations between episodes of (hypo)mania and depression. It is estimated to affect around 40 to 50 million people worldwide.

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 ...

Mo Khalil is the Hok Lam and Kathleen Kam Wong Professor of Bioengineering and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences ...

Discover how synthetic biology is enabling the large-scale manufacturing of lab-made biological products through advanced ...

A landmark Nature study of 6 million people found schizophrenia and bipolar disorder share up to 70% of genetic risk The post ...

Smile dimples aren't caused by a dominant gene — a biologist explains the muscle quirk behind them, and two surprising body ...

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 ...

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 ...