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A genetic scorecard could predict your risk of being obese

A genetic score predicts who is at risk of severe obesity, but experts say lifestyle matters more than genes.

By Tina Hesman Saey | 11:00am, April 18, 2019

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Cells

News | Cells

Resurrecting woolly mammoth cells is hard to do

By Tina Hesman Saey | 7:00am, March 18, 2019

50 Years Ago | Cells

50 years ago, doctors lamented a dearth of organ donors

By Maria Temming | 6:00am, March 12, 2019

Reviews & Previews | Cells

‘Skeleton Keys’ unlocks the history and mysteries of bones

By Sid Perkins | 6:00am, March 08, 2019
Development

News | Development

Slow sperm may fail at crashing ‘gates’ on their way to an egg

By Aimee Cunningham | 2:49pm, February 13, 2019

News in Brief | Development

A protein in mosquito eggshells could be the insects’ Achilles’ heel

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:00pm, January 08, 2019

News | Development

Gene editing creates mice with two biological dads for the first time

By Tina Hesman Saey | 12:02pm, October 11, 2018
Epigenetics

News | Epigenetics

Teens born from assisted pregnancies may have higher blood pressure

By Aimee Cunningham | 6:00am, September 05, 2018

News | Epigenetics

Genes could record forensic clues to time of death

By Erika Engelhaupt | 5:12pm, February 13, 2018

News | Epigenetics

How bearded dragons switch their sex

By Laurel Hamers | 2:07pm, June 14, 2017
Genetics

News in Brief | Genetics

Some people may have genes that hamper a drug’s HIV protection

By Tina Hesman Saey | 6:00am, April 15, 2019

News in Brief | Genetics

How chemical exposure early in life is ‘like a ticking time bomb’

By Tina Hesman Saey | 10:00am, April 12, 2019

Feature | Genetics

Here are 5 RNAs that are stepping out of DNA’s shadow

By Tina Hesman Saey | 6:00am, April 07, 2019
Immune Science

News | Immune Science

How helpful gut microbes send signals that they are friends, not foes

By Jeremy Rehm | 2:26pm, March 07, 2019

News | Immune Science

Eating a lot of fiber could improve some cancer treatments

By Tina Hesman Saey | 12:32pm, March 01, 2019

Feature | Immune Science

With its burning grip, shingles can do lasting damage

By Aimee Cunningham | 9:00am, February 26, 2019
Microbiology

50 Years Ago | Microbiology

50 years ago, scientists were unlocking the secrets of bacteria-infecting viruses

By Cassie Martin | 6:00am, April 05, 2019

Reviews & Previews | Microbiology

In ‘The Perfect Predator,’ viruses vanquish a deadly superbug

By Allie Wilkinson | 9:00am, April 01, 2019

Feature | Microbiology

A gut-brain link for Parkinson’s gets a closer look

By Laura Beil | 9:00am, December 07, 2018
Molecular Evolution

News | Molecular Evolution

How emus and ostriches lost the ability to fly

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:05pm, April 04, 2019

News | Molecular Evolution

Plants engineered to always be on alert don’t grow well

By Jennifer Leman | 4:09pm, October 22, 2018

News | Molecular Evolution

Gene editing can speed up plant domestication

By Tina Hesman Saey | 11:00am, October 01, 2018
Physiology

News | Physiology

NASA’s Twins Study reveals effects of space on Scott Kelly’s health

By Jeremy Rehm | 3:23pm, April 11, 2019

News | Physiology

Bears that eat ‘junk food’ may hibernate less and age faster

By Susan Milius | 6:00am, March 04, 2019

News | Physiology

Genes might explain why dogs can’t sniff out some people under stress

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:45pm, February 27, 2019

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