Researchers led by the University of Vienna and Liège University Hospital Centre have identified genetic variants associated with a rare inherited growth disorder in two prehistoric individuals who ...

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AMD is one of the rarest documented genetic disorders. Only around 10 million people in the world carry the altered NPR2 gene, and of those, just 3,500 are estimated to display the physiological ...

Experts reconstructed the genome of Treponema pallidum from 5,500-year-old human remains in Colombia, revealing an unknown ...

A double burial found in southern Italy more than 60 years ago has just yielded a striking new secret: ancient DNA has confirmed a rare inherited form of dwarfism in a teenage girl who lived around 12 ...

Ancient DNA from 5,500-year-old remains in Colombia reveals syphilis-related bacteria existed some 3,000 years earlier than previously known, says a new study.

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A new analysis suggests that genes play a much larger role in human longevity than previously believed. But lifestyle factors ...

Researchers led by the University of Vienna and Liège University Hospital Center have identified genetic variants associated ...

“What we can say with confidence is that heartworm evolution is far older and more complex than a simple story of parasites ...