A newly published paper in Nature describes the complex process of launching a nine-country collaboration in Africa to ...

The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to ...

Genetic records from more than 20,000 children in the United States, collected to understand how young brains grow and how ...

When two defective gene variants combine, normal protein function can sometimes be restored.

DNA doesn’t just sit still inside our cells — it folds, loops, and rearranges in ways that shape how genes behave. Researchers have now mapped this hidden architecture in unprecedented detail, showing ...

Patients reveal persistent gaps in genetic testing, diagnosis, and clinical trial access—and implications for advancing ...

Around 45 percent of human DNA is made up of transposable elements, or TEs—genetic leftovers from now-extinct viruses that scientists once believed to be “junk DNA.” But that view is changing, and a ...

Genetic disorders occur due to alterations in the primary genetic material—deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)—of an organism.

Forensics experts gather DNA to understand who was present at a crime scene. But what if the crime occurred in the middle of ...

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Scientists have turned to artifacts associated with Leonardo da Vinci on a quest to track down the legendary polymath’s elusive DNA.