A newly published paper in Nature describes the complex process of launching a nine-country collaboration in Africa to ...

The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to ...

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Genetic records from more than 20,000 children in the United States, collected to understand how young brains grow and how ...

Our genome isn’t as peaceful as it looks—some DNA elements are constantly trying to disrupt it. Scientists studying fruit ...

CRISPR–Cas9-based therapies are widely investigated for their clinical applications. However, there are limitations ...

When two defective gene variants combine, normal protein function can sometimes be restored.

Around 45 percent of human DNA is made up of transposable elements, or TEs—genetic leftovers from now-extinct viruses that scientists once believed to be “junk DNA.” But that view is changing, and a ...

Genetic disorders occur due to alterations in the primary genetic material—deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)—of an organism.

A team of researchers has conducted the largest and most comprehensive genome-wide association study (GWAS) to date of ...

Patients reveal persistent gaps in genetic testing, diagnosis, and clinical trial access—and implications for advancing ...

New research suggests the mysterious Roman-era “Beachy Head Woman” was likely from Britain, not the Mediterranean or ...