Curled up inside every single one of the trillions of cells in the human body is six feet of DNA, spooled tightly and carrying the genetic instructions that govern so much of who a person becomes.

A genetic study published on Tuesday offers an important new clue. Researchers found that, between 250,000 and 500,000 years ...

Only around two percent of the human genome codes for proteins, and while those proteins carry out many important functions ...

The parasite that causes malaria requires precise control of gene expression to progress through the various stages of its ...

A new discovery offers hope for Huntington’s disease. This discovery provides hope that a DNA repair process may help slow or ...

Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one ...

An artificial-intelligence network trained on a vast trove of sequence data is a step towards designing completely new ...

A new contender for a human 'language gene' can change the way that mice squeak when it is incorporated into their DNA.

Stanford scientists have identified 380 key genetic variants that significantly influence cancer development, filtering ...

A new study has discovered in mouse models that genes associated with repairing mismatched DNA are critical in eliciting damages to neurons that are most vulnerable in Huntington's disease and ...

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

An ancient-DNA revolution is turning the high-speed equipment used to study the DNA of living things on to specimens from the ...