For teachers like Tom Martinez, the standard biology curriculum can feel a bit stale—teaching the same old units, recounting facts that have been passed down for decades. Yet science teachers often ...

Research in the biology department utilizes manipulative approaches to study gene function and the genetics of disease in a variety of model systems, including C. elegans, Drosophila melanogaster, ...

The field of genetics has seen astonishing breakthroughs and the development of world-changing technologies in the past half century. The field of genetics has seen astonishing breakthroughs and the ...

For the first time, scientists edited a gene in fertilized human eggs critical to early development. The experiments helped the researchers learn about fundamental human biology in a way they could ...

Making precision changes in the genetic code of living cells has now become so easy that the power of genome editing can be harnessed by anybody with basic skills in molecular biology (see 'Learning ...

Data from a series of randomized trials in the United States suggests that if teachers move genetics instruction toward more complex genomics concepts, they can help students have a more ...