Approximately one in 5,000 children is born with mitochondrial mutations each year. Defective mitochondria "leave the body ...

Researchers from Japan and France have successfully reconstituted the development of mouse egg cells, known as oocytes, from ...

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and provides a road map to discover many more. The research could lead ...

Researchers have identified two genes from the human genome’s “dark matter” that influence brain size and synaptic signaling.

Ultraviolet (UV) rays from sunlight can cause DNA damage that leads to skin aging and cancer. Fortunately, our bodies have a ...

New method developed by UTSW researchers removes mysterious organelles from stem cells and embryos to uncover their roles.

Studying why heart cells are less likely to become cancerous can provide clues to improving heart regeneration and treatments for heart disease.

Researchers report that eight healthy babies were born with the help of an experimental technique that uses DNA from three ...

Scientists develop a highly accurate blood test that detects early-stage colorectal cancer by analysing methylation patterns in microbiome-derived cell-free RNA, outperforming current noninvasive ...

Researchers from Geneseeq and a network of Chinese academic hospitals have validated a blood test that can detect a broad range of cancers with high accuracy using cell-free DNA. A multi-cancer ...

Cell-free DNA testing uses a small amount of a person's blood and tests it for a large number of cancers. A positive test could indicate that the person has a certain type of cancer in theory ...