With a rate of mutation 35 percent higher than random chance, this previously unknown weakness could be a major vector for ...

After 10 years, members of the 4D Nucleome consortium have successfully completed the first phase of a project that aims to ...

A 4,500-year-old burial in Middle Egypt has reshaped what scientists know about ancient Egyptian origins. Inside a sealed ...

Research shows synthetic chromosomes can be transferred to human cells with potential to improve viral resistance ...

An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals ...

The human genome contains approximately 1,600 types of transcription factors responsible for regulating gene activity across ...

When scientists sequenced the first Neanderthal genomes, they did not just resurrect a lost branch of the human family tree, ...

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop. Until recently, many fast-changing parts of the human genome remained ...

These genomes are the oldest yet found of modern humans in Europe, though they were not the first hominids to walk these ...

Learn more about what how humans ended up having Neanderthal DNA in their genome and what it means if you have it.

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...