PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Even 150 years after it first appeared in print, Charles Darwin's "On The Origin of Species" still fuels clashes between ...
Beaten or sexually abused children are more likely to show accelerated ageing of cells later in life, a condition linked to higher rates ...
A Taiwanese group has entered the running for the 10-million-dollar Archon X Prize for Genomics competition, the biggest medical prize in history, organizers said Tuesday. A statement from the X Prize Foundation in California said Cracker, based in the Taiwanese city of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iceland's Decode Genetics Inc, a pioneer in genetic research, has filed for bankruptcy protection, weighed down by debts after 13 years of failing to make a profit. Shares in the group plunged around 83 percent on Tuesday as the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When it comes to infants' risk of developing a flat spot on the head, environment appears more important than genes, a new study finds. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, looked at more than 20,000 babies ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - People of Japanese and European descent who have mutant versions of five genes may be at higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, two large teams of researchers have found. The two independent studies, published in the latest issue ...
ENID, Oklahoma (Reuters) - To the untrained eye, Pollard Farms looks much like any other cattle ranch. Similar looking cows are huddled in similar looking pens. But some of the cattle here don't just resemble each other. They are literally identical -- ...
Graphic released by Australian paleontologist Adam Yates, based at the University of the Witwatersrand, on Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa, shows a newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200 million years ago which may help explain ...
Newly discovered dinosaur species dating back 200 million years found in South Africa A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200 million years ago may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land, scientists in ...
Say what? Scientists find gene that may be crucial in why we have language and chimps don't Chimps, our nearest relative, don't talk. We do. Now scientists have pinpointed a mutation in a gene that might help explain the difference. The mutation ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gene therapy treatment that stops the breakdown of muscle appeared safe in monkeys and may build up muscle, too, researchers reported on Wednesday. The approach is being developed in the hope of treating severe muscle weakness caused by ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Why can humans talk and chimps cannot? Researchers said on Wednesday they have another clue and it lies not simply in the genetic code, but in how the genes function. Humans and chimpanzees share most of their DNA. Estimates ...
