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 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.
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.
A group of around 300 whales produced 184 distinct songs over just a few years, according to a new study.
Restrictions will remain on transgenic plants, which contain artificially inserted genes from other species.
After I was diagnosed with brain cancer and started to lose my mental health, the importance of my job came into clear focus.
Motivated by his father’s cancer diagnosis, the Francis Crick Institute cancer geneticist has been revealing the ways tumors evolve and why they are so difficult to treat.
Social insects kill infected individuals for the benefit of the colony—and now a study has shown how they know who’s sick.
The nationwide experiment will initially include around 100,000 volunteers.
After implantation, the tissue developed blood vessels and became integrated into neuronal networks in the animals’ brains.
Researchers deliver small interfering RNAs loaded into nanoparticles into the ears of adult guinea pigs to regenerate hair cells damaged by noise.
The US Senate narrowly approved the politician, who does not have a science background.
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