For the first time, the tools to rewrite human biology are moving from speculative fiction into regulated clinics and ...

A new CRISPR-based one-off procedure that lowers "bad" cholesterol has been approved to enter Phase I human trial. If ...

When two defective gene variants combine, normal protein function can sometimes be restored.

Learn more about the gene linked to the evolutionary loss of human tails, and how, in rare cases, some people are still born ...

The findings shed new light on human reproduction and suggest pathways for developing treatments to lower the risk of ...

Picture CRISPR-Cas9, a gene editing technology, as a GPS-guided scalpel: gRNA directs the Cas9 enzyme, a protein that cuts ...

Explore the latest news and discoveries in human genetics, which explores how the molecular DNA sequences of our genomes shape our bodies, minds and health. From uncovering the causes of genetic ...

Ancient DNA is turning human evolution into a crime scene reconstruction, and one of the prime suspects is a herpesvirus that ...

According to research from a team at the University of Utah Health and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

Dopamine in the brain influences movement, learning, motivation and sleep. In humans, problems with dopamine are linked to ...

Thanks to increasingly efficient and affordable gene sequencing technologies, we can now chart our genetic blueprint in unprecedented detail. But what does each gene do? Of the roughly 20,000 genes ...