PHOENIX — The practice of having multiple spouses, in particular wives when the practice was popular, was outlawed almost a century ago. However, a town on the Arizona-Utah border, Short Creek, holds ...

In a remote region of the US, a town is struggling with a chilling health crisis caused by a recessive gene. The reason? Here, polygamy is still practised. This story is featured in BBC Future’s “Best ...

SALT LAKE CITY – A rare, severe birth defect is on the rise in an inbred polygamous community on the Utah-Arizona border, according to a doctor who has treated many of the children. Intermarriage ...

Researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center say they have gained new insights on the role of fumarase in DNA repair. They published their study (“Local generation of fumarate ...

A polygamist Mormon enclave on the Arizona-Utah border is seeing more and more children being born with an extremely rare disorder that causes severe mental and physical retardation. Dr. Theodore ...

In a dusty neighborhood under sheer sandstone cliffs studded with juniper on the Arizona-Utah border, a rare genetic disorder is spreading through polygamous families on a wave of inbreeding. The twin ...

DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are the worst possible form of genetic malfunction that can cause cancer and resistance to therapy. New information published this week reveals more about why this ...

DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are the worst possible form of genetic malfunction that can cause cancer and resistance to therapy, scientists have found. New research reveals more about why this ...

WITH reference to Dr. L. J. Harris's comments in NATURE of July 1 (p. 27) on the presence of reducing bodies in tumours, perhaps the following observations may be of some interest. In making a ...

DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are the worst possible form of genetic malfunction that can cause cancer and resistance to therapy. New information reveals more about why this occurs and how these ...