New research published in Nature Communications into hidden mutations in mitochondrial DNA has uncovered how high mutational ...

To Shakespeare’s Hamlet we humans are “the paragon of animals”. But recent advances in genetics are suggesting that humans ...

Ancestry and smoking influence genetic mutation rates in children, but parental age remains the strongest factor, a new study ...

The human genome is broadly classified into the genome residing in the cell nucleus (nuclear DNA) and the genome residing in ...

Without 8 or 9 hours of sleep, most of us end up staggering around like zombies. But according to a new study, some people ...

Some lucky people have rare genetic mutations that enable them to feel well-rested after just four hours of sleep, while the rest of us need around eight hours to function. Now, researchers have ...

A newly identified mutation helps super-sleepers get by on just four to six hours of shut-eye per night, while the rest of us need around eight hours. Researchers described the SIK3-N783Y mutation ...

You may have seen it in the news recently: a baby in Pennsylvania with a rare genetic disorder was healed with a personalized ...

Researchers identified a new genetic mutation that may allow some people to survive, even thrive, on three hours of sleep. The mutation is called SIK3-N783Y. Scientists said mice test subjects ...

This deletion mutation, a type of mutation where a section of DNA is missing, not only explains the peculiarity of ginger genetics, but also reveals an entirely new mechanism for promoting orange ...

In a new study, Stanford Medicine researchers have discovered the long-posited but elusive genetic mutation that makes orange cats orange—and it appears to occur in no other mammal. The finding ...