The first articulated Neanderthal skeleton to come out of the ground for over 20 years has been unearthed at one of the most important sites…
This is the latest study from a Keck School of Medicine of USC research team to show e-cigarette users develop cancer-related molecular changes similar to…
National Human Genome Research Institute-supported research of Hydractinia could provide clues to human reproductive conditions. A little-known ocean-dwelling creature most commonly found growing on dead…
A scientific collaboration led by researchers at iNANO/Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Aarhus University and the Department of Chemistry at the University of…
Mutations in 38 different types of cancer have been mapped by means of whole genome analysis by an international team of researchers from, amongst others,…
Biological toolkit for composing genetic programs in mammalian cells could help enable new therapies for difficult-to-treat diseases. A new synthetic biology toolkit developed at Northwestern…
A new study in Genome Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, resurrected the mutated genes of the last herd of woolly mammoths and…
Discovery of cellular mechanisms could open door to more effective anti-aging therapies. Scientists at the MDI Biological Laboratory, in collaboration with scientists from the Buck…
Non-invasive prenatal tests (NIPTs) are used for fetal genetic disease screening in pregnant women. In contrast, invasive tests like amniocentesis carry the risk of causing…
One wasp species has evolved the ability to recognize individual faces among their peers — something that most other insects cannot do — signaling an…
DNA proteins extracted using a vortex fluidic device (VFD) could help answer important questions about extinct and ancient museum specimens. DNA in preserved museum specimens…
Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin report in the journal Science that they have developed a new strategy to protect honey bees from…
Mouse study identifies a brain mechanism underlying social deficits and mental disability in a finding that could lead to new treatments. Autism can bestow brilliance…
The type of salamander called axolotl, with its frilly gills and widely spaced eyes, looks like an alien and has other-worldly powers of regeneration. Lose…
A University College London-led research team has, for the first time, identified specific regions of chromosome 21, which cause memory and decision-making problems in mice…
Conservationists should be wary of assuming that genetic diversity loss in wildlife is always caused by humans, as new research published today by international conservation…
A combination of two previously studied osteoarthritis drugs works better than either drug alone. People with osteoarthritis, or “wear and tear” arthritis, have limited treatment…
New evidence shows the first building blocks of life on Earth may have been messier than previously thought. When the Earth was born, it was…