Major depression is not only a crisis of mood, it is also a crisis of biology that reshapes the brain itself. As genetic tools sharpen, scientists are now tracing how inherited risk for depression is ...

As people age, their immune systems deteriorate. This makes them more susceptible to infections and can mean that vaccines ...

Every time a cell divides, it must copy its entire genome so that each daughter cell inherits a complete set of DNA. During that process, enzymes known as polymerases race along the DNA to copy its ...

A Roman-era skeleton discovered in southern England has finally given up her secrets after more than a decade of debate.

Now, cutting-edge DNA analysis from soldiers’ remains offers fresh insight — and the findings challenge long-standing beliefs. A military collapse beyond the battlefield In June 1812, Napoleon I led a ...

Adolf Hitler had a hidden genetic disorder that would likely have hindered the development of his sexual organs, new analysis of his DNA has uncovered. The Nazi dictator had Kallmann syndrome, which ...

Findings show that Telomir-1 restores the body's natural tumor suppressor defenses by reversing abnormal DNA methylation of MASPIN and RASSF1A - genes that help block invasion, limit metastasis, and ...

Explosive claims suggest Bigfoot was bioengineered ten thousand years ago with human DNA links, reigniting debate over ...

Unrepaired DNA-protein crosslinks (DPCs) – highly toxic tangles of protein and DNA – cause a process that leads to premature ...