A quiet layer of biology is beginning to change how health is understood, and it sits on the surface of nearly every cell in ...

In contrast to those who resided in Siberia, Neanderthals who lived in what's now Belgium and France shortly before the ...

Researchers have developed a way to program human cells to perform calculations and make autonomous decisions, similar to how ...

Doctors take a sample of the baby’s blood, usually by pricking its heel, and test for proteins and other markers associated with illnesses such as sickle-cell anemia or cystic fibrosis. The most ...

While more people are being diagnosed with cancer today compared with 50 years ago, the good news is that fewer people are ...

Researchers develop a non-toxic Parkinson's disease model using the TMEV virus, proving viral infections can trigger dopamine neuron loss and gait issues.

Mitch Dickens's passion for sheep genetics saw his parents give him his own stud, which they hope will help keep a heritage ...

The latest discovery of nucleotides on an asteroid is making scientists rethink the story of how life got going ...

New Iterative Block Particle Filter algorithm makes genomic surveillance faster, cheaper and more scalable, improving early ...

In cancer research, one person's junk is increasingly becoming another person's treasure. Scientists have uncovered new evidence showing how recently evolved "junk DNA" genetic elements can become ...

Myopia is booming. Can we stop the epidemic of short-sightedness?

Few areas of medicine generate as much fascination, hope, hype, and confusion as genetics. Just over two decades ago, ...