Rare diseases are not actually that rare. Collectively they affect 500 million people around the world. Some, such as Huntington’s disease and sickle cell disease, affect many thousands, others only ...

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...

DNA evidence suggests homo sapiens women more often paired with Neanderthal men, helping explain why Neanderthal genes are rare.

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...

Tradition holds that the eldest son of Genghis Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire, founded the Golden Horde and was buried in Kazakhstan with his descendants. According to a statement released by the ...

Today I'm delighted to welcome Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health. He was also recently appointed as the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Scientists found an unexpected viral hitchhiker lurking inside a common gut bacterium – and it was twice as prevalent in people with colorectal cancer.

PFAS are generally thought to be pretty bad for us, and now it seems they accelerate signs of aging in our cells.

The field of cancer genetics and oncogenomics is undergoing a transformative shift as multi-omics approaches become central to understanding the complex ...

Our DNA carries the history of ancient migrations, encounters, and relationships between different human groups. A new study suggests that intimate connections between modern humans and Neanderthals ...

For decades, scientists believed a fertilized egg’s DNA began as a shapeless mass, only organizing itself once the embryo switched on its genes. But new research reveals that the genome is already ...

The University of Warwick, which is setting up the Registry, plans to collect data for analysis from 500 AML patients at sites in 30 large metropolitan NHS hospitals across the UK by the end of this ...