His method of locating genes in human DNA allowed researchers to find disease-causing genes, and later to map the entire, ...

Most of the genetic risk for developing a substance use disorder comes from genes that broadly affect how our brains process ...

A specialized network responsible for washing away cellular waste in the brain might play a role in the development of ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have created the first detailed map showing how genetic activity is controlled in individual cells of the adult human brain and spinal cord. The study, published ...

Researchers at the University of Warwick have extracted ancient DNA from sediment cores beneath the North Sea, detecting ...

Cancer’s strongest gene switches push DNA into damaging overdrive, creating repeated breaks and repairs that may fuel tumor ...

A study conducted in the Piracicaba River in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, shows that the macrophyte Salvinia auriculata ...

I don’t really see the point of grafting onto him our vision of what he ought to have been doing. I’m interested in trying to ...

More than 2.3 million ancient genetic switches discovered in plants reveal how key growth controls endured 300 million years ...

A large international study has mapped the genetic landscape of feline cancers for the first time, revealing striking similarities between tumor-driving mutations in cats, humans, and dogs.

The tiny Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa) has always fascinated researchers because, according to the rules of evolution, it shouldn't have survived as a species, let alone thrive as a species for over ...

Reconstructed Ancestors is the first and only feature of its kind, using your DNA and the DNA of close relatives in your family tree who have tested, to predict the ancestry composition of your ...