RNA is the means of translating the genetic code embedded in DNA into proteins, which serve as enzymes, transporters, ...

This is the 88th instalment ina series on dementia, including the research into its causes and treatment, advice for carers, and stories of hope. I have lost count of the number of times somebody has ...

The treatment, the first of its kind, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. “Our baby was born deaf, and now he can hear,” said one parent. By Gina Kolata The Food and Drug ...

An experimental gene therapy appears safe and highly effective for restoring hearing to people born with a rare form of deafness, researchers reported Wednesday. The study, the largest and longest to ...

Senior White House adviser Calley Means said Thursday that “conversations are ongoing” amid doubts over whether his sister, surgeon general nominee Casey Means, has enough votes in the Senate for ...

Despite a host of checks and balances that usually prevent harmful genetic mutations, sometimes mistakes happen, with serious consequences. Now, researchers from Japan elucidate how a common mutation ...

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Kiss legend Gene Simmons tore apart celebrities who weigh into politics, saying they should shut up and focus on acting and singing. “Basically, shut the f–k up,” Simmons told TMZ. “Do your art and ...

The Missouri House passed a bill that would either ensure free speech rights for K-12 students or allow the Ku Klux Klan to enter the classroom, depending on who you ask. House Bill 2682, sponsored by ...

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Wednesday questioned Dr. Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, on her previously recommending psilocybin use. During Means’s confirmation hearing ...