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

Discover new clues about how our ancient relatives disappeared from time. Despite its proximity to other groups of ...

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

A major medical milestone took place in May 2025, when doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR-based gene editing to treat a child ...

CRISPR-based technology is advancing rapidly, driving international competition. Its promise to transform medicine is colliding with political and social realities, even as applications expand.

After fertilization, embryos race through rapid cell divisions before slowing down to build specialized cells that will carry ...

Media reaction to claims about Hitler’s genetics and mental-health risksLimits of polygenic scores and misconceptions about ...

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

Saliva genes evolved faster than most body systems, revealing how food, pathogens, and environment shaped the modern human ...

The DNA inside of living organisms is packed with information, so much so that it's hard to search genetic databases, but ...

Sohini Ramachandran is a professor of biology, data science, and computer science at Brown University. C. Brandon Ogbunu is ...

Dr. Comfort is a historian of genetics who is completing a biography of James Watson. At first, James Watson terrified me. It ...