For a long time, evolutionary biologists have thought that the genetic mutations that drive the evolution of genes and ...

The EMA’s recommendation follows evidence that the targeted therapy improves progression-free survival in patients whose ...

Cells have an internal skeleton that maintains their structure and also drives their movement. Known as the cytoskeleton, ...

Common ancestor eels lost the aquaporin gene encoding proteins with broad solute permeability. Researchers from the Institute ...

A person in Washington is presumed infected with bird flu virus. Health officials in the state do not know the source.

“ Of the two seasonal influenza A viruses, the current dominant circulating virus (A/H3N2) tends to cause more severe illness than A/H1N1, particularly in older adults. For example, in 2022/23 winter ...

Scientists using TwinsUK data and ultra‑precise DNA sequencing have uncovered rare DNA mutations in healthy tissue that could help explain how cancer develops early in life. Res ...

Men with BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations should be given annual prostate cancer screening checks, leading scientists have said. Experts at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London said men with ...

A gene mutation known to develop into one of Queensland’s deadliest cancers could be hiding in skin undetected.

New research led by plant biologists at UC Davis, published Nov. 10 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals how plants control mutation rates in different stem cells to balance ...

A new study hammers home how the "survival of the nicest" view makes no sense when it comes to evolution, says Jonathan R.

New research using data from the TwinsUK cohort has helped reveal how naturally occurring DNA mutations in healthy tissue may contribute to ageing and ...