Researchers unveil the inner mechanisms of the most intricate and complex molecular machine in human biology. Scientists at ...

Political scientist Kevin Smith says his research suggests “political orientations are at least partially under genetic ...

What gives an Australian finch its brilliantly colored red, yellow or orange bill? A major new study has uncovered the ...

The CRISPR molecular scissors have the potential to revolutionize the treatment of genetic diseases. This is because they can ...

An ancient-DNA analysis of victims in Pompeii who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption reveals some unusual relations between the ...

The scientific data we provide do not always align with common assumptions,” said study co-author and professor David Reich.

The world's great white sharks are divided into three genetically distinct lineages, each facing unique conservation ...

Ibuprofen counters problems caused by mutations in the MAN1B1 gene, fruit fly tests show. Early results in three children are ”fairly positive.” ...

In a "groundbreaking achievement," a clone of an endangered species of ferret has given birth to babies for the very first ...

The results, published Nov. 7 in Current Biology, reveal that some of the stories told for decades about the individuals’ ...

Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in ...

WashU biologists, led by Xuehua Zhong in Arts & Sciences, investigated the inner workings of DNA methylation in plants. Their ...