The signals that cells use to switch genes on have remained almost unchanged across 2 billion years of evolution, but the ...

The signals that cells use to switch genes on have remained almost unchanged across two billion years of evolution, but the ...

Genetic differences play a vital role in determining how cancerous tumours develop and evolve, helping to explain why some people get the disease while others do not, according to a new study ...

Modern humans carry DNA from two mysterious extinct lineages in addition to Neanderthals and Denisovans. Their hidden genetic ...

We all have bits of DNA from a long-lost “ghost ancestor” inside us – and by putting all the different bits together, we ...

A controlled mouse study has provided direct evidence that inherited genetics can steer how cancer begins and evolves after DNA damage. The discovery could eventually help doctors better predict ...

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have recovered and analyzed the first ancient smallpox virus genomes ever identified ...

Vietnamese scientists, for the first time, have successfully built a large-scale human genome dataset together with a ...

A Shark Bay dolphin using a sponge as a foraging tool. (Stephanie King/University of Bristol) A small population of dolphins ...

A single dose of a cancer-causing chemical, given to mice at 15 days of age, produced strikingly different tumors depending ...

Scientists have found the first direct evidence of the powerful role our genetic makeup plays in influencing our risk of ...

Before Homo sapiens underwent its major expansion beyond Africa, our ancestors may have encountered another human population.