The Shasta County Coroner's Office has teamed with a Texas firm to help identify a man who was killed more than 20 years ago ...

The sequence contained a promising new genetic tool for modifying DNA, a CRISPR. Editas Medicine, a Massachusetts-based ...

These large, mysterious creatures are the longest-living vertebrates on the planet—and their genomes could contain clues to ...

A new study has been published in Nature Communications, presenting the first comprehensive atlas of allele-specific DNA ...

Fast-evolving DNA gives human neurons greater complexity than chimps, aiding cognition but also increasing disease risk. A ...

Creation of a comprehensive genetic representation for more than 2.5 billion people across the Middle East and South Asia could make a major contribution towards advancing precision medicine.

Researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted attention as a potential therapeutic target in cancer.

Look around, and you'll see it everywhere: the way trees form branches, the way cities divide into neighborhoods, the way the ...

After a 32-year career at the National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., retired from the agency, effective ...

Rallies brought together leading researchers, former administrators and people who benefitted from medical advances.

University of Florida researchers are addressing a critical gap in medical genetic research — ensuring it better represents and benefits people of all ...