Researchers have found that nearly three-quarters of the population carry newly identified genetic elements called Inocles, ...

Britain has become home to the first major investment project looking to write human DNA completely from scratch, attracting both great excitement and grave concern from the scientific community.

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 ...

For decades, gene-editing science has been limited to making small, precise edits to human DNA, akin to correcting typos in ...

The Indigenous peoples of the Bolivian highlands are survivors. For thousands of years they have lived at altitudes of more than two miles, where oxygen is about 35 percent lower than at sea level.

A new study combining archaeological and genetic research offers fresh insights into social organization and population ...