A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging ...

Medical Watch Digest for Oct 30 CTE causes DNA damage A brain disorder associated with chronic repeated head blows, may also ...

New research posits that a genetic incompatibility between female offspring of humans and Neanderthals and their children ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has typically been connected to head injuries, specifically those suffered by athletes ...

King’s College London researchers discovered that parts of our DNA once thought to be “junk” can actually help destroy cancer ...

A major US study reveals that marijuana use leaves measurable chemical traces in DNA, altering genes related to mental health ...

As the FDA and other regulatory agencies have requested solutions for the complex biologic production of cell based medicines ...

Scientists analyzed data from more than one million users of 23andMe and found associations between certain genes and stuttering ...

A study led by UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators reveals how melanoma, the deadliest form of skin ...

New research suggests that two surprise pathogens were among the diseases that laid waste to the emperor’s vaunted Grande ...

Ancient DNA from Napoleon’s soldiers reveals enteric and relapsing fevers - not typhus - as key killers during the army’s ...

Researchers identify two pathogens in the remains of soldiers in Napoleon's army. Napoleon’s withdrawal from Russia in 1812 ...