In a stunning new study, geneticists in Japan have revealed how injecting a 40,000-year-old Neanderthal gene into mice has led to profound changes in their skeletal structure. This experiment, ...

Once dismissed as “junk,” a group of RNA molecules has been found to help regrow damaged nerves in mice in new research. The ...

Our cells' identity is shaped by DNA tags called methylation. New tech, scDEEP-mC, maps these tags in single cells with ...

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and ...

DNA makes RNA, RNA makes protein, protein makes phenotype—was the guiding framework for understanding inheritance and disease ...

When people think of DNA, they usually think of genes, the parts that code for proteins and drive inherited traits. But there ...

In the interview, Lloyd M. Smith discusses proteoforms, an area of research worthy of the next Human Genome Project.

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

The Synthetic Human Genome Project is working to build synthetic human DNA but who is asking how this science will impact ...

UCSF researchers recently created the world's first shape-shifting synthetic proteins using artificial intelligence (AI). The breakthrough opens the door to developing entirely new proteins that could ...

Blue light exposure increases genetic mutations in yeast, suggesting potential risks for other organisms, requiring further research.

A Washington County judge will sentence Robert Atrops in July for the murder of his wife more than three decades ago, a crime that comes with a mandatory sentence of life in prison. In the final ...