A rare breed of hunting dogs known for its forked nose, the Turkish Pointer, might just help scientists better understand why ...

A newly identified mutation helps super-sleepers get by on just four to six hours of shut-eye per night, while the rest of us ...

Modern HIV medicine is based on a common genetic mutation. Now, researchers have traced where and when the mutation arose -- and how it protected our ancestors from ancient diseases.

Not everyone needs 8 hours of sleep to function properly. Some people can feel well-rested and show no negative effects of ...

Genetic mutation in mice . To figure out what this gene mutation does, the researchers used mice. They made mice that had the ...

Scientists have discovered a rare genetic mutation that lets some people thrive with just four hours of daily slumber, an ...

Most people need around eight hours of sleep each night to function, but a rare genetic condition allows some to thrive on as ...

A generations-long culture of deep-diving among women on a South Korean Island may have changed their genetic evolution. A study shows potential for medical discoveries.

Avian influenza has been rampaging in wild birds around the world since late 2021. It can be considered widespread in wild ...

Scientists have discovered a rare genetic mutation that lets some people thrive with just four hours of sleep, an advance that could lead to new therapies to induce better sleep and rest. Doctors ...

As China and the United States trade charges of a lab leak, researchers contend in a new paper that the Covid pandemic got ...

Failure of a gene-reading quality-control mechanism called Integrator leaves cells littered with abnormal RNA strands that ...