A groundbreaking study implicates a specific gene in the evolution of human speech, highlighting its uniqueness to Homo ...

In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...

The effectiveness of a common drug to quit smoking could be down to people's genes, according to a study from the University ...

This study is the first to demonstrate that certain tRNA introns influence gene expression. Scientists have discovered that ...

A new contender for a human 'language gene' can change the way that mice squeak when it is incorporated into their DNA. The ...

Did you know that some animals never experience aging the way humans do? From the immortal jellyfish that resets its life ...

Sligo man can now see 'outlines and blobs of colours' after the groundbreaking ocular gene therapy surgery in the Mater ...

AN Irish patient, who was blind for 13 years, has had his sight restored after undergoing revolutionary new gene therapy. Medics at the Mater Hospital in Dublin administered ...

Edward Haynes reveals how advanced sequencing technologies are assisting food companies in their mission to deliver quality ...

Stuart Haxell had a rare inherited retinal dystrophy which only allowed him to see a small amount of light for 13 years ...