A groundbreaking data storage technology could preserve an entire human genome in a tiny 5D memory crystal. Developed by ...

Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have identified novel genetic interactions that may contribute to congenital heart disease (CHD), a common birth defect.

A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic ...

New research suggests a genetic variant in the NOVA1 protein may have played a key role in the emergence of human speech.

However, a “trellis” model might be more appropriate. Aa Aa Aa The study of human genetics has added a new layer of evidence to the story of how human beings evolved and migrated on Earth.

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

A new contender for a human 'language gene' can change the way that mice squeak when it is incorporated into their DNA.

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have constructed a complete map of how human DNA is mixed as it is passed down during reproduction Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have constructed a ...

If you feel bombarded, imagine how the decoders feel: If written out, a human genetic code would fill the pages of 200 1,000-page New York City telephone directories. Though we can't compile all ...

Kari Stefansson CEO of deCODE genetics talks to Bjarni V. Halldorsson, scientist at deCODE genetics about the paper, complete recombination map of the human-genome. Credit: deCODE genetics The ...

Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have identified novel genetic interactions that may contribute to congenital heart disease (CHD), a common birth defect.