A new study from Cambridge genetic researchers is unraveling everything we thought we knew about human evolution.

A bone discovered in Taiwan turns out to have belonged to a Denisovan, a lineage previously identified only thousands of ...

A revolution is underway in gene editing -- and at its forefront is David Liu, an American molecular biologist whose ...

Base editing corrected a mutation that causes macular degeneration, highlighting the potential of gene therapy to treat ...

The DNA of human cells consists of a sequence of about 3.1 billion building blocks. Cells go to great lengths to maintain the ...

UCLA Health researchers say study findings uncover Huntington's disease mechanisms and pave new ways to develop treatments.

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

It is also likely that mitochondrial mutations may predispose individuals to Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. As previously mentioned, mitochondrial DNA in humans is always inherited ...

Investigators from Mass General Brigham and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have developed STITCHR, a new gene editing ...

Scientists found that dormant viral genes can be reactivated in kidney cancer, prompting an immune response, offering new ...

Researchers at the Leibniz Institute on Aging—Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena have discovered a new function of the DNA ...