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Huntington's Disease, a fatal inherited degenerative brain condition, can be controlled in animals using DNA...

Any old bacteria won't do: to be healthy, an animal requires a unique consortium of microbes in its intestines, US...

A study, published in the journal Science this week, has found that Pre-Columbian populations tended to avoid settling...

Voyager 1, launched in the 70s, appears to be leaving the solar system

The first replacement tissue-engineered vein grown from a patient's own stem cells has been successfully...

A plant that detonates a mustard bomb in the mouth of any animal tempted to chew up rather than spit out its seeds has...

Never mind wearing unusual clothes or talking in incomprehensible slang, the feeling that your own child may be '...

Scientists at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute have developed a simple blood test that could monitor...

US and German researchers have managed to turn back the clock on blood stem cells, making them effectively younger,...

Researchers have finally published a study in the journal Nature showing how so-called bird-flu (avian H5N1 influenza...

The whole genome of the tomato - specifically the Heinz 1706 variety - has finally been sequenced...

Research vehicles could be unwittingly moving species around the deep sea.

Using blood from a mother midway through her pregnancy, researchers have successfully sequenced the complete genome of...

An overlooked cell lurking in the walls of arteries could be the cause of the vascular disease that leads to heart...

Rats paralysed by spinal injuries have regained control of their paralysed lower limbs thanks to a combination of...

Scientists have discovered the chemical combination the constitutes a flavoursome tomato

A shiftwork-dominated lifestyle ruled by the clock could significantly affect fertility, new research has revealed

Increasingly warm summers in the UK have allowed a species of butterfly to expand their range by using a wider range of...

Researchers have developed a DNA-based memory chip for storing information inside cells that could allow us to track...

A community of microbes has been found living in 86 million year old deep sea clay, although they’re not exactly...

A protein associated with Alzheimer's disease causes damage to the blood vessels in the brain, leading to a leaky...