Every day, our bodies perform around 330 billion cell divisions to keep us alive and functioning. These divisions rely on the ...

Genomic research holds incredible promise for improving human health, but one major challenge has slowed its progress: ...

Every day, our bodies perform around 330 billion cell divisions to keep us alive and functioning. These divisions rely on the ...

Scientific organizations recently called for a 10-year ban on human germline editing. But will we ever be ready? And how ...

Despite their genetic contributions to present-day East Asians and Oceanians, what Denisovans looked like has remained an ...

Researchers have discovered that the genes related to extracellular matrix (ECM) and the Wnt signaling pathway characterize ...

The versatile cannabis plant could, some scientists think, one day be useful for lunar and Martian colonists. For now, ...

In a nutshell Human placentas produce exceptionally high hormone levels that may have driven our brain evolution, not male ...

Zebrafish have the remarkable and rare ability to regrow and repair their hearts after damage. New research from Caltech and UC Berkeley has ...

The same deadly fungus is now being looked at as a potential cancer treatment. The therapy detailed in this new study is a ...