Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers found that bowhead whales produce 100 times more of a DNA repair protein than humans, extending lifespan. (CREDIT: ...

Scientists have pinpointed precise regions in the human genome where DNA is most likely to develop a mutation. At spots where RNA polymerase 'opens' your DNA to read and copy instructions – known as ...

Thousands of previously “invisible” microproteins—tiny chains of fewer than 100 amino acids—can profoundly change human biology when mutated. A fundamental discovery is overturning decades of ...

Unique mutations in the H5N1 strain enhance replication in human cells and cause severe disease in mice. The virus has spread from birds to mammals, including dairy cows, and infected humans, with one ...

Scientists have an idea of how bird flu would have to evolve in order to spread more easily among humans: A mutation in one protein on the virus' surface could help it bind better human cells. What ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A new study has raised alarm bells about the potential for the H5N1 bird flu virus to evolve into a strain sparking a ...

The ability of different genetic variants—changes to one or more building blocks of DNA—to cause disease, and to what extent, has historically been opaque. Geneticist and Crick group leader Greg ...

More than two years after H5N1 bird flu was first detected in U.S. dairy cattle, the virus has proven remarkably good at infecting cows and flooding raw milk with viral material. What it has not done, ...