Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes.

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary ...

New research shows that wherever human populations mix, their languages blend as well ...

A novel treatment for Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON), a rare genetic disease that can lead to sudden loss of ...

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make organisms function.

Genetic clues to how malaria-carrying mosquitoes evade control identified - An. funestus is one of the most widespread mosquito species in Africa, with the females attracted to humans as a source of ...

A novel treatment for Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON), a rare genetic disease that can lead to sudden loss of vision, has been approved for ...

The cause of type 1 diabetes remains unknown and is a central focus of Boston College Assistant Professor of Biology Emrah Altindis and others in his field hoping to find new ways to help 1.6 million ...

Boston College researchers contribute to new report on using a ketogenic diet to combat an aggressive brain tumor A British man who rejected the standard of care to treat his brain cancer has lived ...