These findings offer valuable insights into human history, population dynamics, and the eventual collapse of the Classic Maya ...

A change to a single gene in the bacterium Yersinia pestis has enabled one of the world’s most notorious pathogens to survive ...

That genetic traces of the original population disappear completely is unusual, especially in South America,” said geneticist ...

Archaeologists uncovered ancient Colombian remains that defy connection to modern or ancient populations, sparking new ...

"Up to this point, we didn't believe there was any other lineage that would appear in South America," said archaeologist ...

The good news? A modern, broad-spectrum SPF can halt that trajectory cold. Ultraviolet radiation fuels DNA damage, collagen ...

A study of more than 100 genomes from people who lived in ancient China has unmasked a "ghost" in their midst.

a toxin which damages the DNA of cells, and may contribute to the development of colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer should be on your radar: Today, one in five cases diagnosed occurs in people ...

Abstract: People with Type 1 diabetes (T1D ... single and dual-hormone delivery strategies achieve good glucose control when compared to a standard basal-bolus therapy with low-glucose insulin ...

What kinds of DNA-based differences did they discover across Ireland? One big finding was the distribution of people prone to complex genetic disorders. In both the United Kingdom and Ireland ...

Some 3.6 million Americans are diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma each year, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation.

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Researchers have identified a genetic variant that contributed to the ...