Ladybirds with their distinctive look and vibrant colours are great for introducing classification in the classroom. They’re also common in many habitats, so they work well for classes looking to ...

Should we genetically modify wild lions? Of course not, might be your instant response. But what if lions were being wiped out by a devastating disease introduced by people? What if the genetic change ...

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the TODAY show, with the help of breast cancer survivors Jill Martin and Sheryl Crow, hosted Pink Power, an event dedicated to encouraging viewers and fans ...

Maria Branyas Morera lived to the age of 117 with a bit of genetic luck and a healthy diet that included daily yogurts, according to a study published today in Cell Reports Medicine. During her final ...

When Maria Branyas Morera died last year at 117 years and 168 days old, she was the oldest known person in the world. Before she died, she asked doctors to study her. Dr. Manel Esteller, chairman of ...

Sept 24 (Reuters) - Harmony Biosciences (HRMY.O), opens new tab said on Wednesday its experimental drug for a rare genetic disorder failed to meet the main goal in a late-stage trial, sending its ...

When couples have trouble conceiving a baby or lose a pregnancy, they often undergo routine tests, which can turn up a shock: One of the prospective parents may be missing a chromosome. The most ...

HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE is arguably the nastiest inherited illness around. Symptoms include involuntary jerking, difficulty swallowing and speaking, lapses of memory, lack of concentration, depression, ...

When speakers of different languages meet, their words, sounds and even grammatical structures mingle in surprising ways. Ketchup, for example, may be an American staple today, but its name entered ...

The development of many psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, is known to be in great part influenced by genetics. Past research has identified various genes ...

Researchers from Karolinska Institutet, the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (Germany), Amsterdam UMC (Netherlands), in collaboration with other international partners, have conducted the ...

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make organisms function. But how and why did it come to be the way it is? "We find ...