Topic: Biology

The last few weeks have been pretty exciting for people interested in theropod dinosaurs.... but then, you could say this about most weeks: new...
Tiny rock-eating microbes could mine precious extraterrestrial resources from Mars and pave the way for the first human colonists. Just don't ...

A Laboratory in the Jungle

View Larger Map. . How is a summer in Washington D.C. like a tropical vacation? It's not just the hundred-degree temperatures, humidity, and...
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Dicerna), a second generation RNA interference (RNAi) company developing novel therapeutics utilizing its...
Pediatric-onset obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette's disorder (TD) share similarities in their underlying genetic and environmental...
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have identified two genes whose mutations appear to be linked to ovarian clear cell carcinoma ...
The exact cause of type 1 diabetes is still unknown, but international researchers have found a link between the blood sugar disorder and a network ...

Report suggest microbes have eaten up Gulf oil spill

The mystery of what is happening to oil in the Gulf of Mexico deepened Tuesday with scientists now suggesting that microbes have gobbled it up. . ...
A new poll conducted by Hart Research Associates and the Synthetic Biology Project at the Woodrow Wilson Center finds that two-thirds of Americans...

DNA points to royal roots in Africa

Courtesy of William Holland. . DNA testing led Atlanta genealogical researcher William Holland to Cameroon in search of his roots.. . William...