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A new study by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has identified genetic factors that determine ...

All living organisms are known to inherit genes, DNA sequences that contain instructions for producing specific proteins and ...

Studies of genetics conducted in yeast cells, human neurons, mice or other model systems often reveal networks of genes that ...

A handful of start-up firms are testing therapies that target specific epigenetic markers to treat everything from high ...

For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's ShortWave podcast . Over a century ago, the German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler conducted what became a ...

CAIRO - Egypt's most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, was a frail boy who suffered from a cleft palate and club foot. He died of complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, and his ...