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

Ancient DNA from prehistoric bones reveals a 37,000-year timeline of human infections, tracing our long struggle with disease.

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

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 ...

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

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.

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

The histories of sled dogs and humans in the Arctic have been intricately linked for thousands of years, so it is no surprise ...