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Researchers Reveal ‘Fat Gene’ Role
Researchers believe they have identified why a mutation in a particular gene can lead to obesity. Mouse experiments suggested the...
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The Rise of the ‘Narciss-Ome’
The future of personalized genomic medicine can be glimpsed in a paper that reports the integration of lead author...
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DNA Discovery Could Mean New Gene Therapies
Targeting “messenger RNAs” may correct mutations in human mitochondrial DNA, experts at UCLA say. Currently, there is no way...
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Scientists To Clone Woolly Mammoth
Russian and South Korea scientists have teamed up to recreate a woolly mammoth – a prehistoric creature that last...
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Single Gene May Drive Men’s Aggressive Stress Response
When men get stressed, their bodies get more revved up than women’s. Now, two Australian researchers have a theory...
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Bee Who You Are
Honey bees drones actually have a large spectrum of personalities. Scientists found that some are homebodies, some are explorers,...
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Hopes For Medical Advances Rise As Gene Sequencing Cost Falls
In Silicon Valley, the line between computing and biology has begun to blur in a way that could have...
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Gorilla Joins the Genome Club
Researchers have deciphered the genetic code of the gorilla – the last of the Great Ape genuses to be...
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Why Our Culture Is in Our Genes
Scientists have long gotten used to the idea that bodies are just genes’ ways of making more genes, survival...
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5,300-Year-Old Iceman’s Genetic Blueprints Unveiled
The 5,300-year-old Iceman had brown eyes, Lyme disease and modern-day Mediterranean relatives