The most common form of lung cancer is primarily found in non-smokers, a new study reveals. Doctors react to the surprising ...

The immune systems of cancer patients are highly disrupted, with those who have a higher number of immune cells in their blood having a better survival rate, finds a new study that uses a pioneering ...

New research suggests a genetic variant in the NOVA1 protein may have played a key role in the emergence of human speech.

Researchers from Leicester have uncovered important insights into how people’s DNA affects their response to the drug Varenicline ...

Researchers tempted grazing cattle with sweet molasses feed to discover whether cows would roam far and wide to graze or ...

In a new study, scientists at Umeå University have found a way to break open the protective walls of pollen grains—one of the ...

A new study shows that those with cannabis use disorder (or an inability to stop using it despite health or social ...

The Noonan lab at Yale University is focused on understanding how HARs contribute to the evolution of uniquely human brain features.

A new study links a particular gene to the origins of spoken language, proposing that a protein variant found only in humans may have helped us develop speech.

Researchers from The University of Manchester—in collaboration with the Universities of Granada, Lund, and Oslo—have ...

For years, breast cancer treatment has been guided by genetic alterations found in tumor tissue, typically through invasive biopsies.