A government analyst has told the High Court that forensic evidence links secular artist John Matara to the murder of ...

Researchers are embarking on the RNA equivalent of the Human Genome Project, including sequencing all the chemical modifications that make cells unique.

Hidden for 7,000 years beneath the sands of the Sahara, two mummified bodies have revealed a genetic mystery with no known ...

DNA from 2,000-year-old lentils reveals key genes for protecting crops from heat and the current global climate crisis.

A new study, jointly led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID) ...

A mutation that causes resistance to pyrethroid insecticides—used in mosquito bed nets—was identified in the Anopheles gambiae mosquito.

A new study has detected a DNA marker in a gene encoding a key enzyme known as cytochrome P450 that helps mosquitoes to break ...

A new study has uncovered a hidden step that helps the deadliest malaria parasite survive and multiply inside the human body. Researchers studying Plasmodium falciparum found that the parasite relies ...

Researchers studying the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum have discovered a previously unknown stage in its life cycle that appears to be crucial for reproduction. This is important because ...

Despite major advances in genetic testing for breast cancer risk prediction, death rates remain disproportionately high among ...

DNA analysis of a Roman-era skeleton found near Beachy Head suggests the woman was likely from Britain, revising earlier ...