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Scientists have discovered another factor that affects the composition of the gut microbiome: time of day. In fact, the scientists have found that time of day is such an important factor that they’re calling on researchers to report it in their papers.

In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers found more than 1,000 gene variants that influence the age of first menstrual period.

A study provides new clues in the understanding of how antibiotic resistance spreads. The study shows how an enzyme breaks down the bacteria's protective outer layer, the cell wall, and facilitates the transfer of genes for resistance to antibiotics.

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have shed valuable light on the nuanced functions and intricate regulatory methods of RNA editing, a critical mechanism underlying brain development and disease.

Researchers have uncovered the role of the serotonin 2C receptor in regulating memory, providing new insights into the factors involved in healthy memory.

An international team including Binghamton anthropologist Rolf Quam documented the first case of Down syndrome in Neandertals by studying the fossil of a child found in a cave in Spain.

Many species around the world are on the brink of extinction. A recent study used genomic analysis on the last surviving population of woolly mammoths to explore the potential causes of their extinction.

A study of multiple Mycena mushroom species, also known as “bonnets,” reported in the journal Cell Genomics on June 27 has found that they have unexpectedly large genomes.

A research team revealed a physiological function of monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1) in mediating the intracellular and extracellular lactate transport in skeletal muscle.

Being nursed by a single parent could be an evolutionary strategy to curb the spread of harmful microbes in mammals, according to a novel theory developed by mathematicians.