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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

A team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health geneticists has shown, for the first time, that a gene "silencer" that resides in junk DNA is directly sparing people from a devastating ...

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 of the most abundant trees across much of eastern North America. It also ...

A health district epidemiologist called it a “kick in the teeth” and “based on conspiracy and misinformation.” ...