Most people know wisdom teeth as the unwanted guests of adulthood. They usually arrive late, often bring pain, and in many ...

Only about 1 in 5 people have a chin dimple. An evolutionary biologist unpacks the genetics — and the deeper mystery of why ...

Nabsys 2.0, LLC ("Nabsys"), a pioneer in electronic genome mapping (EGM) technology, today announced a multi-year research collaboration with the Indiana University School of Medicine to develop and ...

Food preferences may depend not only on habits and lifestyle, but also on a person's genetic characteristics. A new study published in the journal Medical Xpress has shown that people with certain ...

Until recently, the idea of cloning a Neanderthal seemed exclusively a science fiction plot. However, today such issues are increasingly being discussed seriously, not only due to the rapid ...

Amgen today announced the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion for Repatha® (evolocumab) for adults with ...

For billions of years, evolution was driven by random mutations. A new breakthrough puts control over DNA, life’s blueprint, in human hands.

The snow leopard is more closely related to the tiger than to the ‘common’ leopard. But whereas the latter is a highly ...

Shanghai university probes concealed child death after gene-editing trial Probe follows reports of concealed trial, patient ...

It belatedly emerged that a 6-year-old girl in China who had a rare genetic disease died a week after receiving the world's first brain gene-editing treatment. The researchers released animal test ...

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Fifty years after Project Tiger began, India has more than doubled its wild tiger population and calls it one of conservation ...