An artist's illustration of a DNA double helix. Genes make up only a small part of human DNA, and until recently, the function of the rest of the genetic material was unclear. The new Encyclopedia of ...

David Liu and Richard Merkin of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, along with Columbia professor Sam Sternberg, have developed a new, targeted means of inserting entire genes into human DNA ...

A study scanned genomes from over 450,000 people to find individuals who carry rare archaic versions of DNA changes once ...

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

In the first decades of medical genetics, both physicians and patients associated this field with uncommon diseases, relevant only to specialists and those affected. This is no longer so: our ...

Scientists discovered that the first 100 base pairs of human genes are unusually prone to mutations, especially during the ...

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

Greenland has changed quickly in the past 25 years. Along with new foods, jobs and habits has come a sharp rise in type 2 ...