genetics

Research by a team of scientists suggests that a variant of the so-called speed gene found in top racehorses can be traced back to a single British...

The discovery by scientists in Cambridge and Alberta of a fifth adaptor protein – a tiny and vital component of many cells –will lay the foundations...

Cambridge University researchers have discovered that lactose tolerant milk-drinkers in India and Europe could be related to the same person who...

Critical insight provided into the disease mechanisms behind multiple sclerosis.

Breakthrough could prevent future bird flu epidemics.

The identity of a mysterious breed of “horse” which has baffled experts since its remains were uncovered at Pompeii has been resolved by a Cambridge...

Scientists have found what they believe is the missing link between heart failure, our genes and our environment. The study could open up completely...

It is widely believed that women live long post-reproductive lives to help care for their grandchildren. Now research suggests that the pattern may...