Mounting evidence from genome studies indicates that, contrary to received wisdom, our species has undergone profound ...

Using the gene scissors CRISPR and stem cells, researchers at Stockholm University and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) at King's College London have managed to identify a common ...

Some plants have evolved a surprising strategy to attract pollinators—not with sweet fragrances, but with the stench of ...

Fibrillin-1 mutations have also been found in patients who do not fulfil clinical criteria for the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome, but have related disorders of connective tissue, such as isolated ...