"As someone who recently completed 15 years of training to become an infectious diseases physician-scientist, I can’t avoid these conversations." ...

The scientific breakthrough, while still in its early stages, could also mean that gay male couples could have a child that ...

Research on María Branyas, the world's oldest woman at 117, reveals how healthy diet, beneficial gut bacteria and protective genes contributed to her record-breaking longevity.

It is no longer science fiction: human embryos have now been made from DNA in skin cells that were fertilised with sperm, a ...

In May, Steven Avery's appellate attorney said the next step in Avery's appeal process is to file a petition in federal court ...

In the last decade, more than a dozen types of cancer have risen among people under 50. Scientists don’t have all of the ...

A recent study dramatically pushes back the date for the emergence of our species, though some researchers call for further ...

In a new study, scientists have shown that chemical receptors that plants use to recognize nitrogen-fixing bacteria have ...

Pharmacogenomic testing can tell how a drug is likely to work in a certain person. But is it ready for rolling out to the ...

Over the past few decades, growing evidence has challenged the belief that inheritance is governed solely by DNA sequences.

Scientists have developed functional eggs from ordinary human skin cells, a proof of concept that could open up new ways to ...

Scientists created the eggs using DNA from adult skin cells, a step that could someday potentially lead to new ways to treat ...