Bacteria fend off invading viruses with molecular scissors that slice up viral DNA — a system called CRISPR that’s become indispensable to gene editing.  

Signs of neurodegeneration in individuals with Down syndrome may start as early as birth, a critical stage of brain development, according to investigators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Waisman Center. The research provides an atlas of early brain development in Down syndrome that could inform potential targeted treatments to address the developmental and degenerative aspects of the condition.

Few women with postpartum-onset diabetes meet recommended A1C monitoring guidelines, highlighting a need to improve routine diabetes care—particularly among Black women—according to new research at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

Analyzing the careers of 12.5 million scientists, University of Pittsburgh researchers found that older researchers produce work that is less disruptive but more likely to combine ideas in new ways. It's a pattern of creativity that affects not just individual researchers, but their labs, fields and even countries.