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The black fur allele has fitness costs but also confers higher immunity against canine distemper virus, making mix-and-match mating key to population survival.

A method appears to be the first to noninvasively reconstruct language from brain activity.

People with more carboxylic acids in their body odor are more attractive to mosquitoes, a study finds.

Viral remnants make up 8 percent of the human genome, and a new study finds that these sequences are still active in healthy people.

Mice that received the stem cell–derived treatment were less frail compared with controls, a study reports.

A study adds to evidence linking gut bacteria to liver conditions in people who don’t drink excessive amounts of alcohol. 

Epigenetic events, such as methylation, during early brain development in mice occur in genomic regions associated with BMI in humans, according to a new study.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was not aware that the work involved a chimeric strain of SARS-CoV-2, STAT reports.

Whether the finding of a novel mechanism for cancer-related pain can lead to better treatments for neuropathic pain in people remains to be seen.

Low booster rates and immune-evading SARS-CoV-2 variants could spell bad news, experts say. 

Islands of rigid cells within a matrix of soft ones allow tumors to be both solid and fluid, granting them toughness without losing the ability to break apart.

Genetic material pilfered from mitochondria may seal cracks in our genetic code, a study suggests.