Sequencing diverse populations revealed over 41,000 transcripts missing in Eurocentric references, exposing ancestry bias ...

Research shows synthetic chromosomes can be transferred to human cells with potential to improve viral resistance ...

An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals ...

When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication ...

A new study has developed a powerful computational method that can detect how genes interact with each other to influence ...

Scientists have revealed parts of the genome that are especially vulnerable to mutations that occur very early on in ...

Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change ...

NIH funding has allowed scientists to see the DNA blueprints of human life—completely. In 2022, the Telomere-to-Telomere Consortium, a group of NIH-funded scientists from research institutions around ...

Genome assemblies from 65 individuals, representing a variety of the world’s populations, are advancing the scientific exploration of complex genetic structural variation. Structural variations are ...

Learn more about what how humans ended up having Neanderthal DNA in their genome and what it means if you have it.