Around 98.5% of human DNA is non-coding, meaning it doesn’t get copied to make proteins. A new study has connected many of these non-coding regions to the genes they affect and laid out guidelines for how researchers can continue this work going forward....
The inspiration for Carlos Eire’s latest book struck him while visiting a medieval convent in Spain 40 years ago. At one point during a tour, a guide informed Eire and the other visitors that the room where they were standing was the very place where...
Last summer, Yale biophysicist Robert G. Shulman co-authored a paper that demonstrated that metabolism has a greater, and earlier, impact on adaptation than previously understood. The findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Cell and Developmental...