The analysis revealed that about 2 per cent of sperm from men in their early 30s contained disease-causing mutations. That ...

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The completion of a South American lung fish genome sequencing represents one of the most remarkable moments within current ...

Researchers have identified elusive DNA switches in brain support cells that influence genes tied to Alzheimer’s disease. When people think about DNA, they often picture genes that determine our ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have decoded the nuclear genome of Amorphochlora amoebiformis, a unicellular marine alga ...

When most of us think of DNA, we have a vague idea it's made up of genes that give us our physical features, our behavioral ...

This year, our scientists offered new hope for treating neurodegeneration and obesity and dramatically improved the odds that ...

Research into wood warblers shows that gene sharing across species played a key role in shaping their bright feather colors.

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In 1944, Erwin Schrödinger published a book called What Is Life?. The physicist, famous for his alive-and-dead cat, clearly relished a brainteaser. Today, there is still no good definition. Life is ...