DNA transcription is the vital first step needed for switching on our genes. For a gene to be switched on, it must be acted ...

Your body is a collection of cells carrying thousands of genetic mistakes accrued over a lifetime—many harmless, some bad and ...

It’s not unusual for geochronologist Rainer Grün to bring human bones back with him when he returns home to Australia from excursions in Europe or Asia. Jawbones from extinct hominins in Indonesia, ...

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

A new study shows that long-read sequencing has the potential to improve the rate of diagnosis while reducing the time to ...

(Cited in nearly 60 publications as of June 1996) Many discoveries in the study of human genetic diseases come from reproductively isolated populations. Haw River syndrome, a neurodegenerative ...

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

Researchers at deCODE genetics have developed a groundbreaking DNA map, revealing the intricate process of genetic recombination during reproduction. This map highlights areas of DNA that undergo ...

Genetics plays a key role in answering each of these questions. For humans, our genes dictate much of how our bodies respond to the world around us. Human genetics is complex, with several ...

Scientists reveal new insights into the hidden processes driving human genetic variation with the first complete human DNA ...

The most complex engineering of human cell lines ever has been achieved by scientists, revealing that our genomes are more ...

Researchers from the German Max Planck Institutes of Geoanthropology and Biology Tübingen use genomic data to study the ...