Scientists have pinpointed nearly 300 "hotspots" in the human genome that may increase the risk of bipolar disorder. In the ...

A new mega-database of half a million mutations may flag new ways of treating genetic disease, scientists say.

Mutations are a part of how species adapt to the environment over very long periods of time through the process of evolution. Thousands of different genetic disorders can affect human beings.

Scientists from the Cancer Dependency Map (DepMap) at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Columbia University have ...

Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...

While no evidence of genetic mutation was found ... in explaining the differences between the two dog populations. "In human terms, this would be like studying a population that is centuries ...

Scientists at UC San Diego find that gene expression is linked to gene mutations and may be caused by them. That could make ...

A gene-edited mouse with two male parents has survived to adulthood, pushing new progress on stem cell research.

You, my friend, are what scientists call a "holobiont"- an organism made up of human cells and the multiplicity of ...

International: The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Food Safety Authority also ...

The risk that avian influenza viruses will adapt better to humans is increasing. Rapid detection of genetic changes in these ...

Researchers have discovered that about 5% of adult cancers rely on a gene called PELO to survive, offering a promising drug ...