Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ...

When Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred, a genetic variation affecting red blood cells may have hindered reproduction in ...

Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now ...

Study published in Nature Communications identifies significant genetic differences in how depression affects women versus ...

Researchers have discovered giant DNA structures in oral bacteria, and data hint they could influence the function of your ...

Kidney damage that seemingly heals appears to mutate the DNA in the mitochondria of kidney cells, making the organ less ...

They observe how the mobile DNA LINE-1 copies its sequence in human cells, revealing the precise mechanism of the ORF2p gene.

When a key protein regulator dials down DNA repair mechanisms, our cells accumulate more mutations, which may cause us to age ...

Three copies of chromosome 21 cause Down syndrome (DS), and roughly half of children born each year in the United States with ...

An asylum seeker accused of killing a hotel worker by stabbing her on a railway station platform was not the person featured ...

Organelles spit out DNA contaminated with damaging components, leading to the activation of inflammatory enzymes, mouse experiments show. Scientists found that, in the cells of ageing mice with kidney ...

Austin police on Monday outlined how a new, rapidly unfolding DNA and ballistics evidence trail led them to declare a dead man as the likely perpetrator in the killing of four teenage girls at an ...