The Y chromosome, which contains the male-determining gene in humans and other mammals, is degenerating in the human species and may cease to exist...

Researchers have identified a Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor (VEGFR) that could lead to new treatments for colon and renal cancers. ...

The fossil record of our ape ancestors in Africa is almost nonexistent for a period of about 8 or 9 million years. The fossil record of our ape...

Researchers from the University of Helsinki and HUS investigated the effects of recurring mutations in the KLHL6 gene in diffuse large B-cell...

Researchers have identified potential mechanisms that allow long-lived mutants of the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans to preserve learning and...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have mapped all the possible outcomes of changes to a tumor-suppressing gene called VHL, the first step in...

While it has long been understood that light pollution disrupts natural wildlife patterns, contributes to an increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) and even...

Cross-border tumour boards of cancer specialists from different European countries meeting virtually to review the management of individual patients...

Over 45,000 species are now threatened with extinction — 1,000 more than last year — according to an international conservation organization that...

Human fear of sharks has deep roots. Written works and art from the ancient world contain references to sharks preying on sailors as early as the...