Human cells have two copies of each chromosome, and this balance is essential for genes to be expressed in the appropriate ...

Most people have some amount of Neanderthal DNA from the extinct cousins of modern humans who lived in Europe and Asia until ...

Meditation was the focus of research at UC Davis and UCSF by Nobel Prize winner Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, and others as part of the Shamatha project. The 2011 study found that meditation increased ...

St. Patrick’s Day gets us thinking about all things green — from shamrock decorations to our lawns, which we hope will soon show signs of life.

On the flipside, if telomeres are too long, it can also spell trouble because cancer cells require long telomeres to become longer lived, ‘immortal,’” says Mia Levine, associate professor of biology ...

A new computational tool infers changes occurring at the ends of the chromosomes housing our DNA. It does so by detecting ...

There is something like less than one chance in 10 billion that this kind of thing could occur," said one expert.

They traced his family back to 1331. Now, six DNA tests could finally confirm whose bones are in Leonardo da Vinci's grave.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical will discontinue mid-stage trials of its bone disorder treatment after reports of several cases ​of patients' hip joint slipping out of ‌place, the drugmaker said on Monday, ...

There are at least 220,000 people with Down syndrome in the U.S. and those with the condition are living longer. GiGi’s Playhouse in North Charleston offers them a place of their own to hone skills ...

Diagens Biotechnology has passed a listing hearing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and disclosed its post-hearing ...

Scientists traced Leonardo da Vinci’s Y chromosome through living relatives, a breakthrough that may confirm his true burial ...