Studies show PCBs alter gene expression differently in males and females, with X chromosome mechanisms offering protection in ...

New research is challenging long-held beliefs about how sharks are related, revealing surprising evolutionary twists. From rare color mutations to microscopic skin adaptations, scientists are ...

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The genes that could help the world's crops survive drought, heat, and disease probably already exist. But much of this ...

Scientists discovered a vitamin A pathway that repairs myelin, raising hope for multiple sclerosis and brain injury ...

New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

Hearing recovery occurred in 90 percent of gene therapy patients with OTOF-related hearing loss, with particular improvements in children.

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New clues from genetic research may help explain what causes the most common heart defect present at birth. Researchers at ...

Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and their colleagues are shedding new light on a tumor's earliest moments - revealing how lung cells with cancer-causing mutations recruit ...

In 2001 scientists studying human language made a breakthrough: by looking at the DNA of a family with a rare speech ...