Genetics

Researchers have unveiled new evidence showing that early humans living in Sri Lanka around 48,000 years ago crafted hunting tools from animal bones.

There is no known cure for the coronavirus pandemic upending every facet of life, but now a second study shows that plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients injected into those who are seriously ill can help.

The coronavirus pandemic has ravaged the majority of the world, upending nearly every facet of life, as researchers race to find a cure. However, a newly published study suggests researchers may have found what's been described as its "Achilles heel."

With countries and companies racing to find a cure for the novel coronavirus, a recently published study suggests the blood of recovered patients can aid in the treatment of severe cases.

Currently, there is no known specific medicine to treat the novel coronavirus, but researchers in Italy suggest that the COVID-19 disease is slow to mutate, based on its genetic material. This finding could aid in helping large swaths of people over an extended period of time once a specific cure is found.

Scientists at Oxford University say that they have developed a technology that could significantly speed up testing for COVID-19.

The gene editing tool CRISPR has been used to treat a patient with an inherited form of blindness, an operation which, if successful, will open up a new frontier for treating diseases, scientists say.

Not much is known about the mysterious giant squid, a creature that was first captured on film in 2005. Now, researchers have decoded the giant cephalopod's genome, hoping to unlock more secrets about the legendary squid.

Scientists believe they have traced humans' ancestral home to a wetland that existed in modern-day Botswana.

After taking a DNA test, a California woman learned her child, who she’d been told had died as an infant, was actually alive and well-- and now thirty years old.