Once scientists have collected an eDNA sample, they analyze it via bar coding, which can either look for a single species or ...

When the monkeys were single-celled embryos, scientists had used CRISPR editing tools to silence, or “knock out”, a gene that ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

The plant-editing system uses mRNA to avoid the risk that foreign DNA could be left behind and create unwanted mutations.

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

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

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

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

Scientists have identified a tiny genetic change—present in nearly all living humans but absent in our closest extinct ...

Thanks to the growing field of epigenetics, we're learning more about the interplay of genetic inheritance and environment in ...