When UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna first began studying how bacteria fight virus infections, she had no idea it ...

A DGIST research team identified that the mutation of the collybistin protein found in autistic patients weakens the brain's ...

Advances in medicine and technology are pushing the boundaries of how long humans can live. Researchers are exploring ...

In cooperative societies – like elephants or whales – natural selection seems to favour genetic mechanisms that suppress cancer, study says.

After decades of intense focus on genetics, the biomedical research community is undergoing a major shift, focusing on a new ...

A recent study points to a key bone-strengthening mechanism at work in the body, which could be targeted to treat the ...

Scientists have uncovered a genetic overlap between people and golden retrievers that helps explain why both species can be ...

The identification of the remains was based on a contemporary osteological analysis, but they were subsequently lost and only ...

There are also potential health issues for cloned animals. One study suggested that 48 percent of cloned piglets died within ...

An internet user's claim that arranged marriages in India lower 'national attractiveness' has ignited widespread outrage.

This week, Svante Pääbo, Nobel Prize winner for sequencing the Neanderthal genome, is visiting Estonia. In an interview with ...

Congratulations to BHF Professor Andrew Baker from the University of Edinburgh who has been awarded the Royal Society of ...