Scientists are trying to sequence the DNA of Leonardo da Vinci to identify if the remains at his interment site really are ...

Denisovan-derived DNA shaped Indigenous American ancestry, helping early peoples adapt to new environments, foods, and ...

The translocation most typically found in mantle cell lymphoma drags a powerful regulatory element into a new area of the human genome.

Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have played a pivotal role in an international study that has uncovered a ...

Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, ...

In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of DNA’s structure—the now famous double ...

As a PhD student at Iowa State University, Connor Thorpe modified the design of the classic gene gun using a 3D printer in ...

A new Northwestern Medicine study has revealed how a common inherited mutation disrupts red blood cell development and sparks ...

Scientists have discovered how mutations in a specific gene drive the rare developmental disorder Weaver syndrome, which is marked by intellectual disability and overgrowth and predisposes people with ...