Genetic risk models and variant classification tools are refining breast cancer risk assessment by identifying high-risk ...

Silicon Valley and other high tech billionaires are investing millions in start-ups dedicated to creating genetically engineered (GE) babies, according to a recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report. AI ...

He was cast as a real-life Dr Frankenstein, a scientist whose ego had led him to tamper with human life. After more than a hundred Chinese scientists issued a statement condemning his experiment, ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

For over 20 years, the 3-foot-long ribbon worm Baseodiscus the Eldest (B for short) was more a “long-time acquaintance” than ...

Geneticists reveal that the Bo people of Yunnan are direct descendants of those who practiced burial in hanging coffins.

The code of life is now editable and the question humanity must answer in the 2020s is not whether we can rewrite it—but whether we should, and for whom.

Cell division is essential for the correct transmission of genetic information. Each chromosome within a plant contains a ...

In a study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, scientists show that the SAMD9 and SAMD9L genes, key players in ...

More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...

Lindberg had Parkinson’s disease, the neurologist said, with all the classic symptoms. PD—as the scientists she would meet ...

The problem, Zaaijer explained, is that algorithms used in precision medicine models overwhelming are built on DNA with ...