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Scientists found genetic elements linked to hibernation in the human genome. Tapping into them could produce a new wave of ...

In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that make proteins in a radically different way than ...

Clusters of genes found in humans match those that hibernating animals like mice use to power down during lean times, a new ...

Animals that hibernate are incredibly resilient. They can spend months without food or water, muscles refusing to atrophy, ...

Complex regions of the human genome remained uncharted, even after researchers sequenced the genome in its entirety. That is, ...

Researchers with Baylor College of Medicine and Texas A&M AgriLife Research collaborated with the U.S. Department of ...

An international team of scientists has decoded some of the most stubborn, overlooked regions of the human genome using ...

That’s it. That’s the news. Genome biologist Sanwen Huang knows a thing or two about potatoes. But his latest potato ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the potential ancestry of those who belonged to the enduring civilization.

The potato, it turns out, is not a “purebreed.” It’s the result of an ancient and accidental hybridization that occurred ...