If future studies confirm the rescued receptors work normally, the study offers a new roadmap for rare disease drug development.

A 'virgin birth' may sound like something found only in the Bible - but it's actually one of nature's real-life miracles.

For centuries, we’ve thought of these changes as part of the "genetic lottery," something we can't control. Science is now ...

Human evolution has often been depicted as a process of adaptation, where natural selection and genetic changes drive species ...

Researchers from MIT have incorporated several modifications to prime editing systems, making them up to 60 times more ...

Aspirin can cut by more than half the risk that colon cancer will come back following initial treatment, a new Karolinska ...

An. funestus is one of the most widespread mosquito species in Africa, with the females attracted to humans as a source of blood.

A research group from the National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) has found that an alteration in the POT1 gene prevents lung tissue from regenerating, which over time makes breathing difficult. The ...

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

Scientists are re-examining whether genetic changes remain the primary catalyst of human evolution, or if another factor has become more influential.

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in ...

Researchers in Berlin have used base editing to repair mutations that cause the kidney disorder ADPKD in cells from both mice and humans. In mice, a team led by Michael Kaminski was able to ease a key ...