How New Zealand’s Pesky Pigs Turned Into a Cash Cow
The animals evolved into ultra-resilient, disease-free predators while isolated on Auckland Island. Now people want to breed them for organ transplants. ..
The animals evolved into ultra-resilient, disease-free predators while isolated on Auckland Island. Now people want to breed them for organ transplants. ..
The Biggest Microbiome Study Sheds Light on Shared Health Risks ..
Scientists found that the cells' garbage-clearing function deteriorates with age—and opens the door to reversing it. ..
The neocortex is the seat of human intellect. New data suggests that mammals created it with new types of cells only after their evolutionary split from ..
Privately run genealogy databases have become a crucial tool for police investigators. Now a nonprofit is collecting data to help crack more cold cases. ..
In the face of safety risks, experts have tightened the reins on heritable genome editing—but haven’t ruled out using it someday. ..
Two life-altering treatments could soon be available, but questions remain about how accessible and affordable they’ll be. ..
About a dozen such consumer tests are now on the market, but the science of reading DNA for insights about longevity is still young. ..
Genetic analyses show a newly discovered condition called Vexas is more common than previously thought—and could explain some patients’ undiagnosed ..
Stretches of DNA that lock inherited traits together often accumulate harmful mutations. But they also hold genetic benefits for species. ..