Geneticist Adrian Woolfson's book, "On the Future of Species," explores the burgeoning field of Artificial Biological ...

The cold-loving yeasts from Ötzi’s remains suggest the Iceman’s microbiome may not be completely frozen in time.

A new study cultivated four strains of cold-adapted yeasts that had colonized Ötzi's body shortly after his death 5,300 years ...

Men who do not produce sperm can’t be helped by existing fertility treatments, but a start-up is now claiming it can grow ...

A key step in the origin of many pandemics occurs when an animal-borne virus infects humans and then evolves to spread more efficiently from person to person. That is why scientists and physicians ...

Unless humans intervene, the northern white rhinos will soon vanish. Fortunately for this dwindling subspecies, a group of scientists performing research at a renowned animal reproduction lab in Italy ...

Neurological diseases represent a broad and growing class of disorders, whose prevalence is expected to rise in the coming years due to population aging and ...

RNA degradation is an essential process for maintaining cellular homeostasis, regulating both the quantity and quality of RNAs in the eukaryotic cell. RNA degradation typically occurs by ...