Researchers have identified the exact DNA sequence where human chromosomes fuse to form Robertsonian chromosomes, a ...

By examining genomic variation more closely, scientists can now identify new disease connections with greater speed and accuracy. For centuries, scientists have recognized that certain illnesses can ...

Scientists have long suspected connections between heredity and disease, dating back to Hippocrates, who observed certain ...

EMBL researchers and collaborators have developed SDR-seq, a breakthrough single-cell technology that captures DNA and RNA ...

For decades, synthetic biologists have been developing gene circuits that can be transferred into cells for applications such ...

The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, a global scientific resource based at Rutgers ...

Scientists report that the naked mole rat’s age-defying superpower likely relates to a protein called cGAS (or cyclic ...

Genes inherited from Neandertals increase the risk of developing Dupuytren's disease, which is very common in parts of Europe ...

Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now ...

A person who develops age-related diseases earlier in life, or has other biological changes associated with aging (such as ...

A newly designated butterfly species, Euptychia andrewberryi, has been named in honor of Harvard lecturer Andrew J. Berry by ...