Scientists are preparing to release genetically modified "NovoFly" insects in Panama to combat the flesh-eating New World screwworm, a parasite threatening livestock across North and Central America.

Archaeologists working in Belize have cataloged 379 human teeth deposited in a single layer inside a cave called Yakalche, ...

Nona Biosciences ("Nona"), a global biotechnology company advancing biologics discovery and development through innovative technology platforms, today announced a research collaboration with the ...

Technology is changing practically every aspect of human existence. From automobiles to gadgets and accessories, technology ...

Scientists found that sea anemones battle viruses with an unexpected immune strategy, revealing that evolution may have ...

An invasive blight made the American chestnut tree functionally extinct, wiping out 4 billion trees in the early 20th century. Scientists at SUNY ESF have genetically modified the tree to resist the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NewsNation) — Scientists at Columbia University have edited the DNA of human embryos with greater precision than ever before by ...

The breakthrough could one day allow doctors to repair disease-causing mutations in embryos before birth, but it's also renewed a long-running ethical debate over "engineered" babies. According to ...

Just under 300,000 years from the moment Homo sapiens appeared in Africa, the species had encircled Earth, mastering desolate deserts and frozen wastelands and all the temperate climes in between.

An algorithm scanned 78 million genetic variants and found patterns that shouldn't exist. Most human DNA tells a familiar story—but some of it defies explanation. Researchers discovered genetic ...

Humans are closely related to chimpanzees and bonobos, but what are the key factors that make humans genetically different? A new study looks at the process of DNA methylation, in which chemical tags ...