Researchers have pinpointed a gene mutation associated with survival at high altitudes that could restore myelin to damaged ...

A genetic mutation that helps animals like yaks and Tibetan antelopes survive at high altitudes may hold the key to repairing nerve damage in conditions such as cerebral paralysis and multiple ...

A new study published in Science is challenging long-held assumptions about how we measure genetic risk in endangered species ...

The tiny Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa) has always fascinated researchers because, according to the rules of evolution, it shouldn't have survived as a species, let alone thrive as a species for over ...

A large-scale genomic study of koalas across eastern Australia has found that populations that went through severe ...

Myelin is a lipid sheath that insulates nerve fibers carrying signals throughout the brain and body. When this sheath becomes damaged, the passage of these crucial signals is disrupted, leading to ...

Scientists identify a high-altitude genetic mutation in yaks that produces ATDR, a Vitamin A metabolite that repairs myelin damage in MS and cerebral paralysis.

Koalas’ population comeback may be doing more than boosting numbers—it could also be rebuilding their lost genetic diversity.

Koala populations with low genetic diversity are actually recovering by "reshuffling" their genes to remove harmful mutations ...

Genome editing-based therapies typically aim to treat disease by correcting underlying genetic mutations in patient's cells.