Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...

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

Genetics is the branch of science concerned with genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms. It seeks to understand the process of trait inheritance from parents to offspring, including ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have constructed a complete map of how human DNA is mixed as it is passed down during reproduction. The map marks a major step in the understanding of genetic ...

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The Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine is transforming medicine by expanding the role of genetics and genomics in science and medicine through major discoveries ...

The Journal of Human Genetics is an international journal publishing articles on human genetics, including medical genetics and human genome analysis. It covers all aspects of human genetics ...

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

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, ...

JERUSALEM - Israeli scientists have discovered a unique genetic mechanism that provides human cells with efficient protection against viruses, the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) said in a ...

Your body is a collection of cells carrying thousands of genetic mistakes accrued over a lifetime—many harmless, some bad and at least a few that may be good for you ...

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