Human DNA contains roughly 3 billion letters of genetic code. However, we understand only a fraction of what this vast ...

Scientists have created a near-copy of the long-extinct dire wolf. Using advanced CRISPR gene editing tech, it now looks ...

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop.

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the full genome of a 4,800-year-old Egyptian man. The DNA reveals North African ...

Trauma can influence the next generation through altered hormones, immune function or in utero conditions – all of which ...

Artificial human DNA, or synthetic DNA (synDNA), would be made without biological parents by instead using chemicals. SynHG ...

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

Eggs and embryos from people with polycystic ovary syndrome have altered patterns of so-called epigenetic tags, which could explain how the condition is inherited ...