Scientists have discovered that a gene called MUC19, inherited from Denisovans through ancient interbreeding, may have played ...

But the new study also suggests that the ilium underwent a second major change millions of years later, when humans evolved ...

While the process via which different types of neurons are produced, also known as neurogenesis, has been the focus of ...

The accuracy of spatial gene expression profiles generated by probe-based in situ spatially-resolved transcriptomic technologies depends on the specificity with which probes bind to their intended ...

Gout, a form of arthritis caused by crystals that build up in joints and cause swelling and pain, is one of humanity's oldest ...

Bipedal locomotion - walking upright on two legs - is a fundamental trait underpinning humankind's success. Scientists now ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

Genetic testing before chemotherapy may help improve safety and guide treatment for patients with gastrointestinal cancers.

“If you put all the organs on a spectrum, the lung will always be the hardest to do,” said Dr. Leonardo Riella of ...

Scientists have discovered how mutations in a specific gene drive the rare developmental disorder Weaver syndrome, which is ...

The patient, a 39-year-old declared brain-dead after a brain hemorrhage, thus became the first human recipient of a pig lung.

Scientists in China have transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a human for the first time. As detailed in ...