A single multipurpose gene-editing tool can correct several genetic conditions by restoring proteins that have been truncated ...

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and provides a road map to discover many more. The research could lead ...

Our records of the human genome may still be missing tens of thousands of 'dark' genes. These hard-to-detect sequences of genetic material can code for tiny proteins, some involved in disease ...

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 major medical milestone took place in May 2025, when doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR-based ...

Subtle genomic variations between humans and Neanderthals provide clues to how DNA shapes our facial features.

Parents' diet around conception alters DNA methylation marks on baby's imprinted genes. These stable changes affect lifelong ...