A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop.

A new genomic study reveals how human populations adapted, survived, and diversified in the Himalayas, one of the most ...

Scientists with the NIH-backed SMaHT Network are mapping every DNA mutation in the human body, creating a groundbreaking ...

Proposed cuts to the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation “would cause immense and largely ...

A breakthrough in genetic editing allows IVF parents to select traits for their embryo. But some experts are warning this new ...

A Ph.D. graduate student in biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz, with a background in computer science and mathematics, ...

Genetics is a fascinating and rapidly evolving field. What we learned in school was a valuable foundation, but modern science has revealed a far more intricate and dynamic picture. By understanding ...

The human genetic code will be built from scratch by British scientists in a controversial new research project. The £10 million scheme to synthesise DNA is being funded by the Wellcome Trust and ...

But the research topic is, for obvious reasons, controversial. Scientists have largely steered clear of trying to create full ...

He is part of an international consortium called the COVID Human Genetic Effort that has been looking for genetic variations that might reveal why some people never get COVID-19.