Autism spectrum disorder, also known simply as autism or ASD, is a developmental disorder that can vary widely from one patient to another. It can affect how people behave, socialize, or communicate ...

MOORHEAD, Minn. - Minnesota State University Moorhead biology professors Ellen Brisch and Andrew Mazz Marry have "vamped up" their classes for more than 10 years with a Halloween lecture that offers ...

Biologists are closing in on a puzzle that seems to turn classic evolutionary logic inside out, yet may be so common that it deserves to be called a new rule of life. Instead of always purging harmful ...

The legend of blood-sucking vampires could have been based on real people, experts have revealed. The mythical creatures could have actually been suffering from a rare blood disorder, a new study ...

Evolutionary theory says mutations are blind and occur randomly. But in the phenomenon of adaptive mutation, cells can peek under the blindfold, increasing their mutation rate in response to stress.

The body relies on proteins for many functions; they are the essential building blocks of cells and work in maintenance, function, regulation and repair of organ systems and tissues. Strings of amino ...

The SARS-CoV-2 variants that have emerged in the past few months have attracted an immense amount of speculation. Specifically, whether the mutations may confer an advantage to the virus, render our ...