Manuel Ansede

A quarter century ago, the doctor Kári Stefánsson began examining the DNA of Iceland’s inhabitants in search of the genetic causes of illness

The Spanish scientist has joined the Royal Society of the United Kingdom, to which Einstein and Darwin belonged, for her revolutionary research on the sexual identity of cells and organs

Travelers from all over Europe are coming to the banks of the Tagus River to extract the morphine-rich latex from ‘Papaver somniferum,’ a plant widely cultivated for medicinal purposes

The director of the Big Data Institute at Oxford University sheds light on the genetic roots of surplus weight and combats ‘the misconception that obese people overeat’

An international consortium has analyzed more than 60 million cells, showing a microuniverse more intricate than just neurons, platelets and red blood cells

Spanish scientist Corina Amor talks to EL PAÍS about her revolutionary experimental treatment to destroy the cells responsible for aging and cancer

The case of a Spanish teenager named Gabriela Piqueras has helped researchers discover the mechanisms of a disease that affects millions of people

Scientists discover how some tumors put the body’s immune defenses to sleep

Internationally renowned ethicist Bartha Knoppers talks to EL PAÍS about the rights and wrongs of scientific research

This tool reveals the hidden ‘buttons’ that change the tasks performed by proteins. The finding could help accelerate the development of drugs to treat cancer and other diseases

An international consortium has shed light on an unknown world of repeated sections in people’s DNA, including essential information about genetic diseases such as cancer

The study, involving more than 800,000 women in the United Kingdom, suggests that normal use of wireless devices does not lead to a greater likelihood of cancer

The mathematician has been awarded the Abel Prize ‘for his groundbreaking contributions to topology’

On March 30, the Spanish-American pilot will lead the first private mission to the International Space Station, where he will share a bunk with Russian cosmonauts amid the ongoing war of Ukraine 

The text from British zoologist Jules Howard busted more than a few myths and clichés when it was published, reclaiming the essential role of females in evolution

The US patient, who suffered serious heart failure, was given the genetically modified organ without suffering rejection

The leading Spanish scientist talks to EL PAÍS about his new role at the secretive multinational Altos Labs, where he hopes to use cellular rejuvenation to reverse illness and cell deterioration

US paleoanthropologist Tim White, a living legend in his field, has moved to Spain to continue his quest to uncover the distant origins of ‘Homo sapiens’

The organism, identified by a Mexican scientist in a Caribbean mangrove, challenges the very definition of what a microbe is

Researchers discover how some microRNA gets picked to travel inside tiny sacs to other organs and regulate metabolism at a distance. The finding could improve early cancer diagnosis and help treat diabetes and high cholesterol

The co-director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics talks to EL PAÍS about the dangers of treating Covid as endemic, the importance of booster shots and why the health crisis isn’t over yet

The finding, made by an international team of scientists, is evidence that viruses can evolve to become more – not less – aggressive

Provisional analysis from Denmark suggests this subtype of SARS-CoV-2 is 1.5 times more transmissible, but there is no indication that it is evading the protection offered by vaccines

Corbevax, developed by the microbiologist María Elena Bottazzi and her team, could provide the answer to supply and accessibility problems worldwide. India has already granted emergency use authorization

The new variant has traversed the planet in a single month, stunning experts. But uncertainty remains over whether it is less serious for unvaccinated people and the immunocompromised

Experts warn that it is still to early to draw definitive conclusions about this new variant, but studies suggest it is not intrinsically less serious, and rather is able to reinfect people who already have good defenses