The adaptation gives better endurance to the Bajau people, known as sea nomads, by increasing spleen size and, in turn, boosting the number of oxygenated red blood cells when diving.
The parasite changes people’s scent, primarily due to an increase in aldehydes.
A new report estimates that 95 percent of people live in areas with dangerously high levels of fine particulate matter such as dust and soot.
For the first time, a transplant of replacement tissue grown from stem cells has been shown to be feasible for patients with macular degeneration.
The nationwide experiment will initially include around 100,000 volunteers.
A study of more than 450,000 people finds a certain genetic variant associated with eating more carbs is linked to a thicker waist and higher blood pressure, but less fat.
Cell implants, gene therapy, even optogenetics are making headway in clinical trials to treat various forms of blindness.
A new algorithm scrutinizes the most hard-to-read segments of the genome.
The Texas Tech University professor also investigated the effects of the Chernobyl disaster on surrounding wildlife.
Ching-Shih Chen’s research involved anticancer therapeutics that were being tested in clinical trials.
The prominent researcher has been put on administrative leave pending an investigation into unspecified allegations.
The 20-year project calls into question the conventional wisdom about the role plants will play in mitigating future climate change.
The US Senate narrowly approved the politician, who does not have a science background.
Researchers deliver small interfering RNAs loaded into nanoparticles into the ears of adult guinea pigs to regenerate hair cells damaged by noise.
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