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

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, ...

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.

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 ...

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