For Richard Dawkins, the history of life is like a novel that never ends. Revisions can be dramatic.

Clinician whose family-centred approach upended work on mid-life memory loss.

Evolutionary molecular biologist Beth Shapiro on the hunt for ancient DNA and her groundbreaking de-extinction and ...

Genetic analysis of cavity crud from two famed man-eating lions suggests the method could re-create diets of predators that lived thousands of years ago.

A pair of American scientists has been honored with the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their role in the groundbreaki ...

A UCLA-led study has created a map of DNA modification in two regions of the brain critical to learning, memory and emotional ...

New work from Fred Hutch Cancer Center virologists shows that gene drive, which pushes a trait through a population, occurs ...

The genetic information itself is contained in a complex molecule called DNA which stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. Scientists worked out the structure of DNA in the 1950s. In 1951 Maurice ...

Research shows some African populations have almost no Neanderthal DNA, while those from European or Asian backgrounds have 1 ...

Research seeks to identify genetic triggers that can change a person’s susceptibility to back pain and resulting ...

Scientists have identified how genetic variants influence the risk of neurological and psychiatric disorders, including ...

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