For decades, the dream of fixing harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA felt out of reach. Scientists have long known these ...

By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.

In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel.

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body's ...

As the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital is gradually returning to normalcy nearly three weeks after Air India flight AI 171 crashed ...

Hansen's Disease, more commonly known as leprosy, is a chronic disease that can lead to physical impairment. Today it exists ...

The BIOMICs research group of the University of the Basque Country (EHU) has found significant genetic marker associations ...