In a first for adults in Singapore, scientists are conducting gene editing trials on heart patients to correct defects at ...

New research posits that a genetic incompatibility between female offspring of humans and Neanderthals and their children ...

An international research team led by Hiroki Shibuya at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan has ...

While in the big scheme of things DNA is still something we only recently found out about, a huge amount of research has gone into this subject, so it can be confidently said that experts really have ...

The 55th Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research has been awarded to professor Steven ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes. A gene is a basic unit of heredity, the means by which traits get passed from one generation to the next, and genetics is the study ...

Our experiences leave traces in the brain, stored in small groups of cells called engrams. Engrams are thought to hold the ...

They observe how the mobile DNA LINE-1 copies its sequence in human cells, revealing the precise mechanism of the ORF2p gene.

A major US study reveals that marijuana use leaves measurable chemical traces in DNA, altering genes related to mental health ...

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...

The Fast-Twitch Gene You Didn't Know You Had Your DNA might be giving you an edge or could be holding you back. The ACTN3 ...