EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Research into conditions such as multiple sclerosis and heart and liver disease will benefit from multi-million dollar stem cell research

Brains that maintain healthy nerve connections as we age help keep us sharp in later life.

Genes play a greater role in forming character traits - such as self-control, decision making or sociability - than was previously thought.

Scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGMM) at the University of Edinburgh have discovered an enzyme that corrects the most common mistake in mammalian DNA.

Courtship rituals can be all-consuming, demanding time and effort – but now scientists have discovered why it might be worth it.