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Artist, inventor and anatomist Leonardo da Vinci was the definition of a Renaissance man — and scientists are aiming to ...

Scientists have extracted DNA from one of Leonardo da Vinci's works, potentially offering a glimpse into the genetic makeup ...

Huntington's disease is caused by an inherited genetic change that causes production of an altered protein. This leads to nerve damage in areas of the brain that control movement and thinking.

It's adorable when a tiny kitten looks just like its mother. This Maine coon duo is turning heads — especially due to their ...

A new study, which also found evidence of the high-risk strain in 45,000-year-old remains, suggests HPV has evolved alongside ...

Scientists have turned to artifacts associated with Leonardo da Vinci on a quest to track down the legendary polymath’s ...

Scientists first read the human genome, a three-billion-letter biological book, in April 2003. Since then, researchers have steadily advanced the ability to write DNA, moving far beyond single-gene ...

Non-coding DNA is essential for both humans and trypanosomes, despite the large evolutionary divergence between these two species.

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a suite of algorithms to automate the counting of sister ...

Changes in genes have been linked to the development of different diseases for a while. However, it's not exactly clear what ...

Bollywood's most eligible bachelor, Aditya Roy Kapur, has again hogged the limelight. This is because recently he found himself in the middle of controversy after he shared a now-deleted image of what ...