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 ...

Scientists at Virginia Tech may have just made it easier to fight the world's deadliest animal: the mosquito. Only female ...

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 ...

A genomic analysis of over 1,200 people from across South Africa reveals how colonial-era European, Indigenous Khoe-San ...

Scientists have uncovered the genetic secrets behind the extraordinary 117-year life of Maria Branyas Morera, the world’s ...

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 ...

The Y chromosome, the male relation genetic signature, has been a mystery to scientists for centuries. It’s the most repetitive and complex region of the human genome, and never before was it possible ...