From rare diseases to chronic conditions, epigenetic editing unlocks new ways to control gene activity without altering the genetic code.

Whether you turn red when drinking alcohol, dislike certain smells, or metabolize drugs differently from others, the ...

More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...

Every face is unique. Genetics helps to determine our features, but sometimes genes have errors which, in early fetal ...

Analysis of more than 1 million people shows that mental-health disorders fall into five clusters, each of them linked to a ...

Friedreich’s ataxia is a genetic disorder that causes progressive damage to the nervous system and brain, leading to a loss ...

The rollout of a type of genetic technology called a gene drive for tackling malaria could be edging closer after a lab study ...

A sperm donor with a rare genetic mutation linked to an increased risk of developing cancer fathered at least 197 children across Europe, some of whom have already died from the disease, according to ...

For years, many families have believed that a child’s intelligence is inherited from the mother, a claim often repeated in ...

A Philadelphia-area infant named Baby KJ made international headlines after doctors at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine successfully treated his rare, life-threatening liver ...

A decade ago, scientists were chasing a different solution. Instead of editing the genes of pigs to make their organs ...