Researchers have discovered the genetic region responsible for blackberries' deployment of a type of pointy self-protection: thorns. Thorns can scratch pickers and damage fruit, making thornless ...

Scientists have found that genetics and type of cancer treatment contribute most to a survivor's risk of a second cancer. Physicians caring for survivors of childhood cancer later in life should ...

While rare genetic diseases are uncommon, as their name suggests, there are more than 7,000 types of disease caused by mutations in more than 5,000 known genes, affecting approximately 300 million ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A new blood test enables rapid, less invasive diagnosis of up to 50% of known rare genetic diseases in children by analyzing thousands of gene mutations ...

Females are more likely to be tortoiseshell or calico because they have two X chromosomes, and therefore have more genetic coat color options to ‘choose’ from. A Whole New Cat Color Has ...

Sperm from the donor was used to conceive at least 67 children from 46 families born between 2008 and 2015, said Edwige Kasper, a biologist at Rouen University Hospital in France, during a ...

The genetic variant is described for the first time in a paper published May 15 in the journal Current Biology. “This is a really unusual type of mutation,” said lead study author Christopher ...

Scientists have recognized for some time that these residents of the Andes Mountains have evolved genetic adaptations to the thin air of their lofty home. Now researchers are learning that they ...

'Selfish' genes called introners proven to be a major source of genetic complexity. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 05 / 250522133518.htm ...

A team of researchers from the University of Huddersfield's Archaeogenetics Research Group has provided fresh insight into the genetic landscape of Spain. The work, led by Ph.D. researcher Gonzalo ...