Genome-wide data extracted from human remains at Shimao, a walled city on China’s Loess Plateau dating to roughly 2000 BCE, ...

Law enforcement officers said during legislative hearings the bill would create an “unrealistic” and “absurd” burden on ...

The longevity-linked APOE2 gene appears to protect brain cells by reducing DNA damage and helping neurons recover from stress. The finding could open a new path toward treatments that mimic APOE2’s ...

Scientists have exploited a peculiar CRISPR enzyme so that it fights cancer by shredding the DNA in cancer cells, causing ...

Two men are standing side by side in a football stadium – they are not there to cheer on a team, but to pay tribute to the dead. Then the booing starts.

A new study suggests humans could theoretically live to 156 years if key ageing processes were controlled, though DNA damage ...

Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect, affecting approximately 1 in 100 babies born each year. One of the many causes for this disorder is having only one functional copy of the ...

Every cell in the human body carries the same 3 billion letters of DNA, yet a neuron, a heart muscle cell and a pancreatic beta cell each use that shared code to do entirely different jobs. How cells ...

More than 30 years after a young mother was found dead in a park, investigators say DNA testing has identified her killer.

All cellular life-from humans to bacteria-possesses two layers of immunity: innate and adaptive. Scientists have long ...

Acclaimed guitarist-singer-songwriter St. Vincent will give her imaginative music a symphonic transformation Friday in her ...

Enhancers are pieces of DNA that act like switches, regulating when genes are turned on and off and how strongly they are ...