Research shows synthetic chromosomes can be transferred to human cells with potential to improve viral resistance ...

Learn more about what how humans ended up having Neanderthal DNA in their genome and what it means if you have it.

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...

When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication ...

Scientists discovered that the first 100 base pairs of human genes are unusually prone to mutations, especially during the ...

Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ...

Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of ...

Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival ...

In the past twenty years, major technological advances in extracting and analyzing DNA have transformed the ability to ...

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...

Two 7,000-year-old mummies found in Libya reveal an isolated North African lineage and rewrite the genetic history of the ...

A research team led by Professor Luo Shujin from the School of Life Sciences has uncovered a surprising chapter in the ...