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The beginning of summer marks National Cancer Survivors Month, a yearly opportunity to recognize the remarkable achievements of cancer survivors, support those still on their journey, and remember ...

Charlie Health reports that eating disorders are significantly influenced by genetics, with family history increasing risk ...

Polyploidy, or whole-genome duplication (WGD), is a major mechanism of genome evolution across the tree of life and is ...

As war continues to rage in Gaza and Ukraine, there is concern about how the related trauma might be transmitted to future ...

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

The origin of red beans — also called adzuki — has been murky. A new study says Japan is where it all started.

Eggs and embryos from people with polycystic ovary syndrome have altered patterns of so-called epigenetic tags, which could explain how the condition is inherited ...

Paraphase – a computational tool that accurately resolves and analyzes paralogous genes – unlocks the difficult-to-analyze ...

Scientists from Aberystwyth University are starting to question whether being able to crack a good joke runs in the family.