The far-reaching effects of mutagens on human health

In order to survive, flourish and successfully reproduce, organisms rely on a high degree of genetic stability. Mutagenic agents, which can threaten the integrity of the genetic code by causing

Five outstanding Arizona State University faculty spanning the physical sciences, psychological sciences and science policy have been named as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Males and females share the vast majority of their genomes. Only a sprinkling of genes, located on the so-called X and Y sex chromosomes, differ between the sexes. Nevertheless, the

New Zealand is home to an astonishingly rich web of life, with many indigenous plant and animal species found nowhere else on earth. Even amid such exceptional biodiversity, however, the

The global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus has affected nearly every aspect of daily life in Arizona and across the nation, putting many summer activities on pause in the

Genes are more than blueprints for building organisms. They are also vessels of memory. In new research published in Science Advances, Wei Chin Ho, a researcher in the Biodesign Center for Mechanisms

From New York to Luxembourg, Namibia, Iceland and Bhutan, the novel coronavirus SARS CoV-2 has turned the modern world into a crisis zone. An unprecedented global effort is underway to

The mission of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University started with the desire to replicate a single blade of grass. That’s what President Michael Crow told a crowd of about 450

Biodesign C, the $120 million building expansion of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, continues to rise along Rural Road at ASU’s Tempe campus. Much of the building is