Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

Jiankui He is a famous yet controversial figure in scientific community, known for his 2018 genetically edited babies ...

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

The government has said that experiments like these can take place as long as researchers take steps to prevent the birth of a creature that contains a mix of animal and human genetics.

These are tales of horror: 12 Southern/biological/genetic horror stories ... 3-D printers and tanks of a toxic stew which alters human physiology, not only in the generations to come but right ...

Can reprogramming our genes make us young again? A breakthrough in longevity research may be nearing its first human trials.

Charles Davenport, a chicken breeder and agriculturalist, was one of the first American scientists to embrace Mendelian genetics ... of medical experiments involving human subjects.

This can be done through modifying human embryos to correct the genetic issue ... the consequences of genetically modifying embryos. "Experiments have also shown that in about 20% of cases ...

Reliance on an IRB ensures that any potential risks related to an experiment are minimal ... whether the existing protection of human subjects in genetic studies is adequate, instead of whether ...

More than one hundred million mice and rats are estimated to be used in medical experiments each year in the United States.

For the last two decades, the prevailing view in human evolutionary genetics has been that Homo sapiens first appeared in Africa around 200,000 to 300,000 years ago, and descended from a single ...