The Latest Breaking News on Biology

An international team of scientists has been given £20m to solve the puzzle of rising cancer rates

Team at Nottingham Trent University is investigating how chemotherapy in early life could damage nerve cells

Guardian and Hope Not Hate investigation has ‘raised the stakes’ over threat posed by rightwing ideology

Exclusive: ‘Unfortunately, most of the genetic research that had been published focused only on people of white European ancestry,’ expert tells The Independent

‘My plasma is the cleanest he’s ever seen. By far. He couldn’t get over it,’ Bryan Johnson said

Walking in stints of 10 to 30 seconds could burn more calories than continuously walking the same distance

Scientists have created a human skin map which provides a “recipe” to build skin.

The blue blood of threatened horseshoe crabs contains a chemical essential for testing the safety of vaccines. So these ancient creatures are highly sought after by pharmaceutical companies worldwide, contributing to declines in their populations.

The UK sleep-tracker industry is estimated to be worth £270m a year – and forecast to double by 2030. Could all this data be making our insomnia worse?