An invisible intruder puts the delicate balance in our lungs to the test: the mold Aspergillus fumigatus, harmless in nature, ...

A study in the journal Nature explains how age reshapes the blood system. In both humans and mice, a few stem cells, or ...

A team of researchers from the University of Huddersfield's Archaeogenetics Research Group has provided fresh insight into the genetic landscape of Spain.

The results verify the continuity of the Da Vinci male lineage back to at least the 15th generation, more than 500 years ...

The project has been touted as an example of how cutting edge genome engineering can be used to create a range of materials ...

From bodily fluids to skeletal remains, advances in DNA analysis and the study of insects and microbes aid forensic ...

A team of researchers studied the properties of membranes to understand how these cellular structures influenced the chemistry of life on Earth as it began.

Neil Hunter, a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the University of California, Davis, and ...

New research published in Science reveals ancient human migration into the Americas occurred in multiple waves, not a single ...

Mounting evidence from genome studies indicates that, contrary to received wisdom, our species has undergone profound ...

My search for answers to these stupendously ambitious questions led me, it now seems inexorably, to mitochondria. This idea ...

Just as nature optimized our internal code over millennia, leaders can now begin to understand and intentionally shape the ...