Through her innovative programs, leadership, and advocacy, Hilary Lozar continues to expand the reach of STEM education, empowering youth in rural and Indigenous communities to explore, learn, and ...

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...

Drug delivery researchers have vastly improved the potential of genetic therapies by overcoming the challenge of consistently getting genes and gene-editing tools where they need to be within cells.

Statistics that quantify a person’s predisposition to diseases such as diabetes and cancer can be reverse-engineered to reveal the underlying genetic data, prompting privacy concerns ...

The Food and Drug Administation is approving a generic drug for a very rare genetic disorder, but not for autism.

Q: I’m taking a GLP-1 to help me control my blood sugar and lose weight. But the cost and side effects of having to do resistance exercise make it difficult ...

Researchers describe minimal versatile genetic perturbation technology (mvGPT). Capable of precisely editing genes, activating gene expression and repressing genes all at the same time, the technology ...

The Libby Middle and High School science teams competed last week in the 42nd Montana Science Olympiad at Montana State ...

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. WASHINGTON (AP) — Billions of American chestnut trees once covered the eastern United States.

Gregor Mendel described his experiments with pea plants and proved that genes are transmitted in discrete units, with certain fundamental laws of inheritance. When you purchase through links on our ...

A person’s genes play a far greater role in likely lifespan than previously thought, according to a major new study published Thursday in the journal Science. Using data from human twin studies, an ...