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

When people think of DNA, they usually think of genes, the parts that code for proteins and drive inherited traits. But there ...

NIH’s SMaHT Network will chart trillions of somatic mutations to reveal how our DNA changes over a lifetime. In a nutshell ...

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

Throughout their long history, Qimmit have remained working dogs–still almost exclusively bred by mushers to pull sleds for ...

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

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 ...

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and ...

Carl Zimmer writes about the results of a new genetic study of humans and the diseases that afflicted us over the past 37,000 year ...

New research from UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has uncovered an evolutionary change that may explain why certain ...

Each year, approximately 20 million people are diagnosed with cancer, and nearly 10 million lives are lost to the disease ...

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