To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...

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Scientists have discovered a strong link between rising temperatures in southeast Greenland and changes in polar bear DNA.

Long-buried traces of Denisovan DNA have resurfaced in modern human genomes — and they may still be working for us today.

Stress from rapidly warming climate is visible in polar bears’ DNA, study shows - Study is the first to find a statistically ...

In a study published in Genome Research, a team of researchers, including Cornell College Assistant Professor of Biology ...

The findings offer a preview of how most polar bears may respond to climate change genetically. In A Nutshell Polar bears in ...

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The study bolsters one hypothesis of when people arrived at the landmass that became Australia and other islands, and ...

Frank Thies was convicted of sexually assaulting two young girls at knifepoint in 1987 in the woods of Exeter.

The microscopic organisms that fill our bodies, soils, oceans and atmosphere play essential roles in human health and the planet's ecosystems. Yet even with modern DNA sequencing, figuring out what ...

With climate change steadily dismantling the icy habitat essential to their existence, new research suggests polar bears are rapidly rewiring their own genetics in a bid to survive ...