Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps ...

Some viruses come and go after making us sick, but some have become a part of us, passed down by our ancestors. San Diego ...

DNA holds our genetic blueprints, but its cousin, RNA, conducts our daily lives I n 1957, just four years after Francis Crick ...

DNA analysis is considered the gold standard for identifying victims of mass fatalities. But how does it work?

A map of DNA methylation changes in human organs—from the stomach to the retinas—could help researchers discover more targets ...

The Origins Science Scholars Series continues with a talk by Patricia Princehouse, director of the Program in Evolutionary Biology and outreach director of the Institute for the Science of Origins.

Scientists at Kyoto University have uncovered a hidden protein complex that organizes DNA in sperm stem cells, a discovery ...

According to the Cleveland Clinic, an American nonprofit academic medical centre, an mRNA vaccine trains your body to fight infectious diseases by delivering instructions to make a small, harmless ...