University of Oxford-led research finds low-dose rapamycin functions as a genomic protector in aging human immune cells, ...

Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps share 98.8% of their DNA. But is this actually true? And what does "similar ...

The visible effects of ageing on our body are in part linked to invisible changes in gene activity. The epigenetic process of ...

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong have discovered that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a common human virus closely ...

Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, ...

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

New research has identified yet another way that spaceflight tampers with the human body. A study involving samples flown on ...

Some viruses come and go after making us sick, but some have become a part of us, passed down by our ancestors. San Diego ...

New research reveals how human DNA preserves the story of language contact, showing when and where languages converged, ...

Recent advances in ancient DNA analysis have sparked intriguing discussions about the possibility of non-human entities once ...

Human remains found in a wooded area five years ago have been identified as a man who had not been seen by his family for ...