Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change ...

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

When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication ...

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

NIH funding has allowed scientists to see the DNA blueprints of human life—completely. In 2022, the Telomere-to-Telomere Consortium, a group of NIH-funded scientists from research institutions around ...

Scientists have revealed parts of the genome that are especially vulnerable to mutations that occur very early on in ...

Whole-genome sequencing reads every DNA base. This shifts medicine from diagnosing disease based on symptoms to molecular ...

Learn how genomes from 28 ancient individuals show that Homo sapiens lived in southern Africa in near isolation for hundreds ...

Scientists have pinpointed precise regions in the human genome where DNA is most likely to develop a mutation. At spots where ...

The problem, Zaaijer explained, is that algorithms used in precision medicine models overwhelming are built on DNA with ...

A new study suggests that certain genetic differences, passed down from ancient human ancestors, and exposure to common ...

A new study suggests that certain genetic differences, passed down from ancient human ancestors, and exposure to common ...