Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionize the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alumnus and professor emeritus ...
Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans ...
A naturally occurring gene called Cyclin A2 (CCNA2), which turns off after birth in humans, can actually make new, functioning heart cells and help the heart repair itself from injury, including a ...
Recent research has uncovered a fascinating mechanism in the nematode worm C. elegans that could have profound implications ...
DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...
New research posits that a genetic incompatibility between female offspring of humans and Neanderthals and their children ...