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Scientists want to send our endangered species to the Moon to “save” them
Scientists are considering using the moon's craters for cryopreserving endangered species' cells to…
What is the Y chromosome and what does its shrinkage mean for humans?
The Y chromosome, critical for male traits, has been shrinking over millions of years, raising ques…
Electric eels have the ability to mutate other creatures just by shocking them!
Recent research reveals that these eels, resembling catfish, can influence the genetic composition …
Your mental illnesses may be a result of ancient cross-species fornication, a study has found
The story of human evolution is an intricate tapestry woven with a ton of interbreeding with other …
Scientists decode how Coronavirus interacts with proteins in human cells
They explained that a detailed understanding of these interactions will help identify the proce…
PTI
A human embryo grown in a lab without a sperm or egg could be a revolutionary new way to test medicines that may help prevent miscarriage and genetic diseases
A fake embryo mimicked an actual embryo so well that it triggered a positive pregnancy test. Scient…
Maiya Focht
Gene Drives: The advanced sci-fi technology to fight malaria mosquito explained
Scientists are using the most advanced form of genetic engineering to wipe out a population of mala…
At most, just 7% of the human genome is unique to our species. We share most genes with Neanderthals, Denisovans, and other ancestors.
A study suggests just 1.5% to 7% of the human genome is unique to our species. The remaining genes …
Aylin Woodward
What are GMOs? The truth about genetically-modified organisms and if they're safe to eat
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) include foods like some apples and salmon whose DNA has been …
Stacy Lu,Samantha Cassetty
Suspicions mount that the coronavirus was spreading in China and Europe as early as October, following a WHO investigation
Findings from a recent WHO investigation to China may confirm the coronavirus was circulating month…
Aylin Woodward
Is bipolar disorder genetic? Yes, but that doesn't guarantee you'll develop it
Bipolar disorder is genetic, but research suggests that there is both a genetic component and envir…
Nina Bahadur
There's now a cure for the deadly genetic disorder known as 'bubble boy' disease
"This is a first for patients with XSCID," said Dr. Ewelina Mamcarz, of the St. Jude Department of …
Emma Court
The US military wants to hunt enemy subs with genetically-engineered sea life
As is, there is already a $45 million tri-service effort among Army, Navy, and Air Force researcher…
Ryan Pickrell
The secrets of the mysterious Yeti have been revealed by genetics
But this new, more complete analysis showed that the samples analyzed so far all belong to known cr…
Kevin Loria
More On Google's Plan To Cure Death: It Will Spend Hundreds Of Millions Examining Our Genetic Material
Now that the entire genome had been coded, Maris wondered if it was possible to actually study the …
How to delete your DNA data from genetics companies like 23andMe and Ancestry
Those two databases were not used by investigators to track down Golden State Killer suspect Joseph…
Erin Brodwin
The US is struggling to test more people for coronavirus. Now, it's facing a shortage of the raw materials used to run those tests.
Public health officials are struggling to get a sense of just how widespread the coronavirus outbre…
Lydia Ramsey,Aylin Woodward
The government just approved the first genetically-modified salmon
"I view the announcement of the FDA to approve the AquaBounty [genetically engineered] salmon for p…
Tanya Lewis
This is the game-changing technology that was used to genetically modify a human embryo
Experts even think these types of changes could eventually help treat complex conditions with genet…
Scientists just got closer to understanding the genetic roots of crime - and it's making them nervous
But there's reason to take it seriously. Twin studies suggest that genetics explain about half of t…