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

Rogue DNA rings known as ecDNA may hold the key to cracking glioblastoma’s deadly resilience. Emerging before tumors even ...

Seventy-nine percent of endemic species are showing declines, underscoring how fragile island biodiversity is in the face of ecosystem changes. Insects play essential roles in ecosystems, from ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham's Bladder Cancer Research Center have used a new method to detect chemical ...

Researchers confirm the first record of a sandbar shark in the Philippines, found in Western Visayas, and warn about the ...

But a new study suggests that these parallels are a bit of an accident, and digits come by re-deploying a genetic network that controls a completely different process: the formation of the cloaca, a ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham's Bladder Cancer Research Centre have used a new method to detect chemical changes in the DNA in an ...

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

A genome-editing technique known as prime editing holds potential for treating many diseases by transforming faulty genes into functional ones. However, the process carries a small chance of inserting ...

Of all the myriad weird and wonderful species that populate this planet, it’s probably not the humble sweet potato that you’d ...

Scientists are looking for the 'dark matter' of the animal kingdom — and it’s revealing how little we know about life on our ...