Locals at a California beach have been baffled after spotting a large elephant seal with a very unusual colouration.

Researchers identified VIP inhibitory neurons in Huntington’s disease and used optogenetics to restore motor neuron activity in mice.

Treatment for many gastrointestinal cancers is becoming increasingly personalized, thanks to advances in genetic research, targeted therapies and a deeper understanding of how individual tumors behave ...

The collaboration leverages Colossal's marsupial de-extinction and conservation biotechnology platform to save the Tasmanian ...

Scientists say it has the potential to extend lives by helping doctors identify patients whose disease is more likely to ...

Studies of genetics conducted in yeast cells, human neurons, mice or other model systems often reveal networks of genes that ...

A rare variant of a gene called TP53 means Tracy Hutchinson has an extreme risk of developing cancer anywhere in her body, ...

Base editing, the process used to make the changes, only nicks one strand of DNA, avoiding the major DNA errors that made ...

In the 1960s, Kimura’s neutral theory revolutionized molecular biology by arguing most DNA changes are random, not adaptive. A new study finds beneficial mutations are far more common than Kimura’s ...

Scientists wanted to know why the chatter of Alston’s singing mice sounds so much like human conversation. What they found might change how we study both species. By Annie Roth In the balmy cloud ...

Our bodily systems are rife with mutations. In fact, your DNA is mutating right now. These errors, and attempts to repair them, are a key to understanding immune function, aging, and even how heart ...

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