genetics
UCL researchers have discovered a new genetic cause for dystonia, a movement disorder, enabling treatment with Deep Brain Stimulation which has been so successful that children have been able to walk again.
Living organisms can be persuaded to make silicon-carbon bonds, which have applications in several industries.
Think your bed head is bad? Some children suffer from completely tangled hair, which cannot be combed at all — a phenomenon called “uncombable hair syndrome."
Researchers at the University of Oxford have demonstrated that the diets of organisms can affect the DNA sequences of their genes.
In a first, scientists found ancient gene mixing between chimps and bonobos, humankind's closest relatives, showing parallels with Neanderthal mixing in human ancestry.
Sneaky parasitic weeds may be able to steal genes from the plants they are attacking and then use those genes against the host plant, according to a team of scientists.
According to new genetics research, relationships between the ancestors of modern humans likely involved interbreeding within and outside of Africa.
Do we contain the most elaborate set of instructions?