Studying the evolution of altruistic behaviors reveals how knee-jerk good intentions can backfire.
Studying the evolution of altruistic behaviors reveals how knee-jerk good intentions can backfire.
Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease are ready for widespread use in clinical trials.
Research in yeast shows that aneuploidy is both a consequence of and an adaptation to stress.
Researchers track a racehorse “speed gene” back to a single mare in the United Kingdom.
A reanalysis of the study reporting genes linked to extremely long life, which was retracted from Science last summer, is published in PLoS ONE.
Chromosomes accidentally stranded outside of the nucleus could contribute to cancer formation.
Genetic differences influence how well people perform on IQ tests as children and senior citizens.
Whole brain radiation therapy costs mice some of their cognitive abilities, but treatment with low-oxygen air revives their reasoning skills.
Two new sequencing machines will read a human genome in 24 hours.
Proteins that appear before patients show symptoms of the disease could offer clues to the disease process.