For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

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

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

Last year, I added my DNA profile to a private genealogical database, FamilyTreeDNA, and clicked “Yes” to allow the police to search my genes.

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

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

Scientists have discovered that a gene called MUC19, inherited from Denisovans through ancient interbreeding, may have played a vital role in helping Indigenous ancestors adapt as they migrated into ...

A Denisovan version of a gene variant called MUC19 made its way into some human populations, who then settled the Americas.

Microbes found buried deep in Siberian permafrost may be able to survive over extremely long timescales using protein repair ...

Our ancestors are known to have gotten frisky with other, now-extinct species of humans, leaving traces in our DNA to this ...

Thousands of years ago, ancient humans undertook a treacherous journey, crossing hundreds of miles of ice over the Bering ...

A genetic test has been shown to identify obesity risk in children before age 5, according to researchers, allowing ...