A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...

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

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...

Researchers created a highly efficient gene-editing method that fixes multiple DNA mutations in a single step. The breakthrough could revolutionize genetic medicine by making treatments for complex ...

When scientists sequenced the first Neanderthal genomes, they did not just resurrect a lost branch of the human family tree, ...

When DNA breaks, cells must repair it accurately to prevent harmful mutations. Researchers have discovered that during a key ...

Polar bears face one of the toughest survival challenges in their history as the Arctic warms far faster than the rest of the ...

If your estate plan was created before the DNA testing era—or hasn't been updated to account for these new realities—now is ...

Popular genetics tests can’t tell you much about your dog’s personality, according to a recent study. A team of geneticists ...

In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the data publicly available, people started comparing their own DNA with ...

A cutting-edge forensic technique is assisting law enforcement agencies with solving decades-old investigations in Ohio and ...