A groundbreaking cattle genome has given researchers their clearest look yet at what makes Wagyu beef so special. By ...

Beachy Head woman grew up locally in Roman Britain, according to new genetic and chemical analysis of a 2,000-year-old ...

Ancient DNA still flowing in our veins may explain why some people defy age, and reach 100 with their health intact.

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The longest living vertebrate on Earth may have a thing or two to teach us about maintaining our eyesight into old age. New ...

A spider species found only on the Canary Islands is forcing scientists to rethink long-held assumptions about how evolution ...

Albuquerque-based EquiSeq is a biotech company developing DNA tests for inherited muscle diseases, like muscle integrity ...

Link found between super-agers, or people with exceptional longevity, to inherited DNA from Ice Age hunter-gatherer ...

New DNA analysis of ancient Siberian mummies uncovers the secrets of the Yakut people.

Aurora Therapeutics, cofounded by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Jennifer Doudna, plans to use gene editing and a new FDA ...

Researchers from Radboud university medical center and University of Basel have discovered new genetic causes of inherited ...

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