Biology News Stories

During the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak, the virus picked up genetic mutations that increased its ability to infect...

Huntington’s disease is caused by carrying a faulty version of the gene for the Huntingtin protein, but the messenger...

The genes which allow Malaria to avoid treatment have been found by scientists working in Cambodia

The first example of a fossilised dinosaur brain has been discovered in a pebble picked up on a UK beach.

Plants that use nanoparticles to pick up the presence of pollution, or even explosives, have been engineered by...

An extract produced by a human intestinal parasite can reverse the symptoms of asthma in mice, scientists in...

The first fossilised dinosaur brain has been discovered by scientists in the UK...

Surprising insights into chemotherapy-resistant leukaemia cells open up routes for more effective treatments.

Eggs capable of being fertilised and giving rise to healthy baby mice have been produced in the culture dish using stem...

By combining an existing HIV drug with an antibody, researchers may have found a way to eliminate the need for...

Scientists have developed a gene editing system with the potential to cure the inherited blood disorder sickle cell...

Scientists have successfully extracted proteins preserved for nearly 4 million years in ostrich eggshells.

New research suggests that living forever is off the cards

Bees can get emotional just like humans, a new study has shown...

A fat formerly condemned for its association with heart attacks turns out to be powerfully protective against arterial...

Sonic holograms that shape sound waves into complex patterns to manipulate tiny objects, have been developed by...

A genetic test that can highlight heart attack risk decades before it happens has been unveiled by an international...

Giraffe have long been assumed to be a single species. However, a new genetic study argues that there are in fact four...

A new technique that makes whole rats see-through allows scientists to image intact organs, offering a bigger picture...

Researchers think they may have found a "coffee gene".

Growing human noroviruses in the lab.

How lobsters eat poisonous jellyfish without getting stung.

Birds serenade their incubating eggs to control how their offspring will handle heat.

Many people complain that going on holiday caused them to catch a cold, and now we may know why!