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

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

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

The first study to examine the extent of European ancestry biases in gene maps reveals tens of thousands of genetic ...

High in the Ecuadorian Andes, at altitudes thousands of meters above sea level, humans face environmental pressures very ...

Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ...

A sperm donor with a genetic mutation that increases the risk of cancer by up to 90% fathered at least 197 children across Europe, it was reported.

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

A pilot study from Bournemouth University found six regulatory DNA variants – some inherited from Neanderthals and Denisovans ...

Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...

Lindberg had Parkinson’s disease, the neurologist said, with all the classic symptoms. PD—as the scientists she would meet ...