corn

Jumping genes: How Barbara McClintock won a Nobel Prize by crossbreeding corn

Yewande Pearse |
Through meticulous crossbreeding, she showed that DNA is far more complicated than scientists originally thought ...
social

Genetics of socialization revealed through study of rare Williams Syndrome

Yewande Pearse |
One of the things that makes us human is how we socialize with one another. What drives our social behavior ...
ST CTBRAINS

Boosting brain research by growing ‘mini-brains’ to model human disease

Yewande Pearse |
'Mini-brains' grown in petri dishes could offer new possibilities for studying disease ...