Researchers at Barcelona University shed light on how Maria Branyas Morera might have become the world's oldest woman ...

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It sounds like something out of a Hollywood movie. Two sisters, separated by an ocean and decades of life, were brought ...

Bone and muscle deterioration, vision impairment — even changes in DNA. How does extended time in orbit impact the human body ...

For the first time, scientists can quickly and precisely alter, delete, and rearrange the DNA of nearly any living organism, including us. In the past three years, the technology has transformed ...

A forensic lab in Texas focused solely on cold case investigations is gaining attention for its ability to use powerful DNA ...

Dorothia Diaz was unaware until recently that she was the subject of a cold case search by an investigative team that thought ...

Exposure to heat can alter the way your DNA works, according to a new study. The effects could lead to long-term health ...

Othram compared the woman’s DNA sample to her potential father ... Now in her 20s, Reyes was living in Puebla, Mexico. According to Othram, Puebla is a city southeast of Mexico City and ...

With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality of the natural ...