The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

For years, the story of recent human evolution looked relatively quiet. Scientists studying ancient human DNA had found only ...

When humans started farming around 10,000 years ago, they reshaped their landscapes, diets, and social structures. A common ...

Research has shed important new light on the enemies-turned-allies that allow bacteria to exchange genes, including those ...

Scientists now recognize that spontaneous DNA errors, which we acquire in early development all the way until our last breath ...

Detecting whether osteosarcoma, a rare but aggressive bone cancer that most often affects children and adolescents, has ...

Researchers say a new AI system can identify disease-causing mutations and explain their biological effects, potentially ...

Sarepta Therapeutics Inc.'s bid for the full Federal Circuit’s review of a revived gene-therapy patent dispute with RegenxBio ...

You probably have a member of your family that you're not related to by blood—a step-parent, an adopted cousin, your mom's ...

Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is a polygenetic disorder that increases the risk of hip osteoarthritis.

Christopher Columbus' origin story has a new genetic twist—this time pointing not to Genoa, but to Galician nobility in Spain. A study says DNA from descendants buried in a Seville crypt suggests the ...