Maria Branyas Morera was the oldest person in the world when she died. Scientists analysed her genes, metabolism and more.

“She had an exceptional genome enriched in variants in genes that are associated with enhanced lifespan in other species, ...

When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many things—including a crucial event that happened ...

Life cycles require the creation of an autonomous individual, that individual’s growth and that individual’s reproduction In ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes.

What is the secret of supercentenarians? While there is no magical "elixir of life" that allows us to live forever, this incredibly rare group of people who live to be 110 years or older appears to ...

How did digits evolve? While it is clear that they derive from genetic programs already present in fish, their precise origin ...

A biobank that is a partnership between UCHealth and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus looks for drug-gene ...

Sweetpotato, a critical food crop for millions, has finally had its genetic code fully decoded after decades of mystery.

When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many things - including a crucial event that happened ...

A genomic analysis of over 1,200 people from across South Africa reveals how colonial-era European, Indigenous Khoe-San peoples, and enslaved people contributed to the modern-day gene pool in South ...