Researchers analyzed blood samples from polar bears located in northeastern and southeastern Greenland. The results showed ...

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Three female chimpanzees nod off as they sit on rocks in a family group, with the sun on their backs in their open air enclosure at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, 26 April 2005. AFP ...

Back in 2008, neurovirologist Renée Douville observed something weird in the brains of people who’d died of the movement disorder ALS: virus proteins. But these people hadn’t caught any known virus.

The changing climate poses a major threat to polar bear survival. But new research suggests that rising temperatures may be ...

Adverse genetic mutations can cause harm and are due to various circumstances. 'Jumping genes' are one cause of mutations, but cells try and combat them with a specialized RNA called piRNA.

Adverse genetic mutations can cause harm and are due to various circumstances. "Jumping genes" are one cause of mutations, but cells try and combat them with a specialized RNA called piRNA. For the ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have revealed previously unappreciated roles for the retrotransposon LINE-1 in shaping the cancer genome structure and regulation.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." An unassuming freshwater fish contains the longest genomic sequence ever discovered, measuring in at 30 ...

It's the go-to phrase for biologists who know more than they're telling. Ever since James Watson and Francis Crick ended their 1953 paper on the double helix by coyly saying "it has not escaped our ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stretches of DNA known as "jumping" genes are far more common than anyone thought, and almost everyone has a unique pattern of them, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. They ...