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At-home DNA tests are used to offer information about one's ancestors, risks of certain diseases, and other traits, such as eye ...

A more thorough analysis suggests overweight and obese people don't actually live longer than people of normal weight.

Repetitive RNA molecules found in Huntington's disease are toxic to cancerous cells.

Things are bad, but they're not this bad.

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It was also particularly vulnerable to disease well before humans arrived in Australia.

Half-synthetic life isn't sci-fi any longer.

At the very least, this is a testament to how far genetic editing has come.

Only two genes code both the canvas and paintbrush for the intricate butterfly wing patterns.

It's further than anyone has ever gone with gene editing in the United States.

It's seriously unacceptable.

Ice Age Park would be cool, but...

A mosquito with a gene that blocks the malaria parasite has been created in the laboratory, a new research reports.

An iconic beast long extinct could be back in our midst.

Some of your bases are belong to us.

We're getting closer to a cure.

Everyone says this is a massive breakthrough in biology.

They plan to cut genes out until they learn which are involved in miscarriages.

Some technologies are moving too fast for our ethics to keep up.

Our beloved hands are coded by the same genes that make fish fins.

Afterthoughts from one of the biggest, brightest science events of the year -- ESOF16.

Despite concerns, these clones have lived long and healthy lives.

This week, the city known for splitting the atom is the world's science capital.

Make your data evolve!

Scientists want to build and deploy a fully synthetic human genome in human cell lines within 10 years.

For the first time in history, scientists have cut out HIV genes from live animals.

They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and unfortunately, that seems to be the case for HIV viruses.

A new gene-snipping enzyme was successful in removing strands of HIV genetic material in mice trials. If the enzyme can ...

Researchers in China have genetically engineered autistic monkeys which exhibit almost no social interaction.

Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a method that allows them to coax stem cells to morph into retinal ganglion cells. ...

In an announcement that’s been a long time coming for science fiction fans, the White House has, for the first ...

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has reiterated its stance against modifying human embryos, after a paper published last ...

Scientists have find a way to eradicate HIV-1 at its roots. Tests in the lab have been found to be ...

The last bucardo living specimen, Celia, died in 2000. She can now be seen at the reception centre of the ...

Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine came across a particular strain of bacteriophage - a virus that infects and replicates within ...