The hunt for the holy grail of a longer life has consumed the careers of the brightest scientists and dented the fortunes of ...

After more than 50 years of research, scientists still don't know exactly what causes autism. But the data make clear that ...

Today's biomedical researchers are relentlessly searching for genes that drive disease, with the goal of creating therapies ...

University of South Australia scientists have developed a powerful new way to uncover the genetic interactions that fuel cancer progression, paving the way for earlier and more precise treatments.

In a breakthrough study, scientists have discovered that a variant in one gene, GRIN2A, can directly cause mental illness – ...

The rollout of a type of genetic technology called a gene drive for tackling malaria could be edging closer after a lab study ...

Analysis of more than 1 million people shows that mental-health disorders fall into five clusters, each of them linked to a ...

On a video call in early September, Sarah Tabrizi first saw the data that she and other researchers studying Huntington’s ...

An archaeon reads the same codon in two different ways, overturning a doctrine that has stood for 60 years. Living organisms ...

An evolutionary "trap" has haunted crested and marbled newts for 25 million years: Leiden researchers have uncovered a mysterious DNA error that should not be able to arise—yet persists all the same.

Proteins are essential biological molecules that perform a vast array of functions crucial for life, from catalyzing biochemical reactions and transporting molecules to providing structural support ...