Oxford and Cambridge researchers who produced the image map which uncovers the secrets of why humans get disease say it ...

Scientists are hopeful it will improve understanding of how genes work, what goes wrong in disease, and how to fix it.

Scientists have used human skin cells to produce functional eggs using a new scientific technique they say could one day help ...

Researchers developed an experimental method to convert skin cells into eggs, potentially allowing older women and same-sex couples to have genetically related children.

Sections of DNA once dismissed as dormant and useless could in fact be recruited to fight certain types of drug-resistant ...

They observe how the mobile DNA LINE-1 copies its sequence in human cells, revealing the precise mechanism of the ORF2p gene.

Humans and bananas do share DNA, but not 70% as commonly claimed. Every living thing has a built-in instruction manual called ...

A newly discovered protein from Earth's toughest animal is inspiring breakthrough therapies for cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Learn more about bowhead whales and how they routinely see out their 200th birthday — and this DNA-repair protein might just ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have cracked the DNA code of the longest living mammal, the bowhead whale, revealing a mechanism that could potentially prolong the human lifespan ...

People looking to lose weight and lower their blood sugar may someday be able to get a single injection that turns their ...