Ancient humans crossing the Bering Strait into the Americas carried more than tools and determination—they also carried a ...

Long before industry, our ancestors faced toxic metals, including lead. This exposure may have shaped the evolution of human ...

A new breakthrough in a rare genetic disease which causes children to age rapidly has been discovered using 'longevity genes' ...

A city research centre plans to use tomatoes to test the impact of gene-edited food in what is thought to be the first human ...

Using CRISPR-based genetic engineering, the team further identified mutations in viral genes that prevent activation, ...

An experimental gene therapy developed by researchers at UCLA, University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital has ...

Hundreds of new viruses living inside bacteria within our gut have been discovered in an international study led by Professor ...

Lead is often thought of as a modern toxin, but a new study has found that it's been haunting us and our ancestors for almost ...

In 2024 Stephen Rich and his colleagues published a study in which they assessed the genetic risk of developing type 1 ...

The transplanted portion of the genetically modified pig liver was removed after 38 days, and the patient, who had advanced ...

The patient lived with part of a pig liver for 38 days before surgeons removed it, surviving 171 total days after the ...