What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and provides a road map to discover many more. The research could lead ...

People have long wondered what life was first like on Earth, and if there is life in our solar system beyond our planet.

What scientists once dismissed as junk DNA may actually be some of the most powerful code in our genome. A new international ...

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and ...

Stressed DNA sets off a cascade of failures in the body linked to heart conditions, neurodegeneration, and chronic ...

Most organisms fit comfortably into standard definitions of “life,” i.e., cells that grow, reproduce independently, and ...

Researchers at MIT and other institutions have identified compounds that can fight off viral infection by activating a ...

Kennedy Jr. has downplayed the effectiveness of the long-used vaccine and instead promoted the development of new treatments ...

Medical schools must make microbiology a prerequisite — to prepare students not just for school but for practicing medicine.

The era of bio-digital convergence is upon us two decades after it was first predicted, and the merging of biology and ...

MIT researchers identified compounds that can fight off viral infection by activating a defense pathway inside host cells. These compounds could be used as antiviral drugs that work against not just ...

Darwinian evolution says that complex systems arise through numerous successive, slight modifications that benefit the species' survival over many generations. However, we have shown that bacterial fl ...