Biology News Articles

Our gene of the month has a tale behind it.

A weakened strain of malaria can safely be injected into susceptible humans to produce protective antibodies.

Two new sets of footprints, left by an ancient human relative over three and a half million years ago, have been...

Gene therapy for a fatal inherited paralysing disease called spinal muscular atrophy, SMA, that strikes in infancy has...

Pandas are highly sensitive to the scales of their habitats, and some regions earmarked for conservation are...

Cambridge scientists have developed a technique to turn skin into blood vessel muscle cells to uncover new treatments...

The microbes in our gut turn our genes on and off - and the healthier we eat, the more they do so, a new study finds.

Scientists from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have found that the ancestors of chimps and bonobos got up to...

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...