An analysis of ancient DNA and modern disease risk suggests some immune genes may reduce allergy risk rather than increase it ...

Most gene-editing tools cut DNA wherever they’re pointed, with no way to tell a tumor cell from a healthy one. A study ...

New genetic results reveal a previously unknown wave of people settled in South America 1,300 years ago and that Indigenous ...

When the climate cooled, the population of Neanderthals shrank. Most that lived between 60,000 and 40,000 years ago were ...

A landmark study analyzing 22,000 genomes, including 10,000 ancient samples, has uncovered nearly 500 genetic changes driven ...

A new study finds that bacteria can actively block the transfer of beneficial genes to neighboring cells, using specialized ...

New clues from genetic research may help explain what causes the most common heart defect present at birth. Researchers at ...

A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...

Scientists have found a link between super-agers' longevity and DNA analyzed from Ice Age hunter-gatherer populations in ...

In everyday life, our genetic material is constantly under attack from many factors. Environmental influences such as light, ...

A genetic genealogist predicts DNA results in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance could take months after the FBI received a hair ...

A short period of heat stress changed genes in fruit flies, and these changes lasted for generations. Some offspring even ...