A team that includes Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists has unlocked some of the secrets of corn DNA, revealing how ...

An unusual DNA structure may hold the key to treating one of the deadliest cancers affecting women, which claims more than ...

Learn more about Chiari malformation type 1, a rare brain condition that may be present in certain genes thanks to ...

Significant brain defects known as Chiari malformations could be down the genes some of us have inherited from Neanderthals, ...

A new Simon Fraser University-led study reveals interbreeding between humans and their ancient cousins, Neanderthals, as the ...

Modern humans may owe more to Neanderthals than just a few genetic quirks, and in at least one case, that inheritance might ...

In biology textbooks and beyond, the human genome and DNA therein typically are taught in only one dimension. While it can be ...

According to new research, Neanderthal DNA genes could be the reason that some people are more prone to a type of ...

Eventually, researchers caught several “transparent” nudibranchs, or sea slugs, that didn’t look like anything they’d seen before. They looked closer at these animals, analyzed their DNA and realized ...

A research team led by Professor Takuya Yamamoto (Department of Life Science Frontiers) and Professor Yasuhiro Yamada at the University of Tokyo has developed a novel in vivo system that reveals how ...

Ambitious projects aim to put dire wolves, woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons back into our ecosystems. But with so many ...

A new Simon Fraser University-led study reveals interbreeding between humans and their ancient cousins, Neanderthals, as the likely origin of a ...