The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 amino acids. But certain groups of microbes have an expanded genetic code, in ...

In most developing tissues, signals called morphogens act like lighthouses, guiding nearby cells toward their fate and telling them what to become. Each cell relies on such signals for organized ...

Genome-wide association studies and rare-variant burden tests are the two main tools for discovering links between genetic variants and traits. Comparisons of their results reveal that they ...

US researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to better predict whether rare genetic mutations will lead to disease, with the goal to speed up early detection and avoid ...

MADISON, Wis. (WKOW) – The hemp industry is facing major uncertainty nationwide, but University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed a breakthrough strain that could protect farmers from ...

The Iowa DOT recently approved restarting two traffic cameras on I-380 in Cedar Rapids. DOT Traffic Engineer Chris Poole says those two cameras were part of the appeals process after a new law ...

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