Scientists have uncovered a powerful genetic switch that helps some of the body’s most important immune cells grow up properly and keep our organs healthy. The switch, called MafB, guides immature ...

More than 12,000 years ago, two closely-related women – a mother and her daughter, perhaps – were buried in an eternal ...

From rare cancers caught early to dementia foretold decades in advance, newborn genomic testing is a medical miracle - but it also raises unsettling questions Imagine you could learn from birth that ...

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One of the most intriguing findings was for cat breast cancers, more than half of which showed a mutation in a gene called FBXW7. The change is far rarer in human mammary cancers, but the prognosis ...

Some koalas may recover their genes after major population crashes. Growing koala populations may rebuild genetic strength over time.

Science is a subject built on doing. Students learn chemistry through titrations, biology through dissections, physics through motion experiments, and earth science through field observations. That ...

Researchers at Imperial are developing an AI-assisted smart T-shirt designed to improve detection of inherited heart rhythm ...

The first time Eddie Vedder toured without Pearl Jam, he made some glaring mistakes onstage and felt discouraged. A few shows ...

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The cross-country skier competes for Team USA, all while researching rare genetic diseases at the University of Utah.

Attention has turned to progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare neurodegenerative disorder. Here's what it is and why it's often mistaken for Parkinson’s disease.