What is the secret of supercentenarians? While there is no magical "elixir of life" that allows us to live forever, this ...

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

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

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.

The Atlas blue butterfly has 229 chromosome pairs, the most of any animal, and its DNA may reveal insights into evolution and ...

Of all the myriad weird and wonderful species that populate this planet, it’s probably not the humble sweet potato that you’d ...

The Atlas blue butterfly, also known as Polyommatus atlantica, has been genetically confirmed as having the highest number of ...

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

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