Therapeutic peptides are emerging as highly targeted medicines, expanding treatment options for diabetes, obesity, cancer, ...

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 ...

You might not often think about the molars of livestock, but everything from the grass they eat to the water they drink can ...

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

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

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

Evolution is all about trade-offs. Traits that may be beneficial in one situation may backfire in another. Over millions of ...

Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect, affecting approximately 1 in 100 babies born each year. One of the many causes for this disorder is having only one functional copy of the ...

A new study reveals that the bacteria behind periodontal gum disease can harden heart valves by triggering a specific ...

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 ...

Researchers showed that a Kdf1 mutation disrupts cell-adhesion complexes in enamel-forming cells, alters Hippo pathway regulation, and increases nuclear YAP activity, leading to abnormal ameloblast ...

An international team of researchers successfully extracted and analysed the first-ever protein fragments from 23 fossil teeth of Homo naledi, found in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in ...