Scientists have confirmed Leonardo da Vinci’s bloodline by tracing matching DNA in living male-line descendants.

A new study proves that a type of genetic element called 'introners' are the mechanism by which many introns spread within and between species, also providing evidence of eight instances in which ...

For more than five centuries, Leonardo Da Vinci has been celebrated as a visionary artist, scientist, and inventor, known for ...

A “genetic surgery” or “interventional genetics” system for individualized treatments would be a marriage of drug development ...

The study adds to evidence challenging the dominance of ‘natural selection’ as the sole adaptive force in evolution.

Researchers are yet to verify whether the supposed descendants like drawing weird prototype helicopter things.

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate.

A study in the journal Nature explains how age reshapes the blood system. In both humans and mice, a few stem cells, or ...

More than 500 years after his death, Leonardo da Vinci remains one of history’s most extraordinary figures. Now, a ...

Rapidly mutating DNA regions were mapped using a multi-generational family and advanced sequencing tools. Understanding how ...

Genetics has been the steering force in establishing the biological framework for Alzheimer's disease research. At the end of ...

Researchers say the CRISPR-based technique used could eventually be employed to treat more people with rare genetic diseases ...