A fast-moving COVID-19 strain is sweeping the country with a striking calling card: “razor blade throat,” a sharp, searing ...

An international team led by Monash University researchers has uncovered the genetic code governing the way genetic mutations affect mRNA and result in disease.

The arrival of agriculture coincided with a sharp rise in a gene variant that protected against the virus that causes winter ...

A new approach to gene therapy for retinitis pigmentosa may help patients with advanced disease regain vision regardless of which genetic mutation is causing the condition. An optogenetic therapy ...

Scientists are searching for the secret in Doug Whitney’s biology that has protected him from dementia, hoping it could lead to ways to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s for many other people. Doug Whitney ...

Largely ignored by governments and trade unions, the SARS-CoV-2 XFG variant has, in a short time, become the dominant variant ...

The Turkana people, an ethnic group in Kenya, have evolved genetic adaptations to help their bodies conserve water in extreme desert heat, a new study suggests. Turkana women commonly walk 3 to 6 ...

As temperatures drop, many people have started to feel unwell with respiratory illness rates surging across the UK. This comes as two new strains of coronavirus, Nimbus and Stratus, have been making ...

It has been almost six years since the first case of Covid-19 appeared in Wuhan, China. On November 17, 2019, it was reported that a man at a local market had contracted the virus. Just a few months ...