A whole-genome analysis of Beefalo, a hybrid bison-cattle breed, suggests very few individuals have any bison DNA at all, a ...

Got a nasty stomach bug that won’t go away? It could be cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection that causes weeks of ...

Abraham Lincoln, for one, may have had the syndrome—and are at very high risk of a kind of fatal rupture in the heart.

"Complex chemical processes are essential for making DNA." This long-held assumption in the field of biotechnology has been ...

Researchers have developed a new tool that can screen genes involved in human development at unprecedented scale and speed, using it in a proof-of-principle study to reveal new insights into human ...

When I explain my research interests to new acquaintances, I’m often asked questions like “what would you do if you met a ...

Environmental DNA contained in a small sample of water, sand or even air can reveal the presence of people, wildlife and ...

This week's column was prompted by a reader comment following last week's article, and explores what EBVs and other selection ...

A massive new study reveals that different types of intelligence share distinct genetic links with various psychiatric ...

A groundbreaking study of over 2,000 men reveals that exposure to common outdoor pollutants causes epigenetic changes in ...

In this interview, Laura Spinney discusses how Proto-Indo-European spread through migration, social change, and population ...

Gene Solutions presented real-world blood-based cancer screening data from more than 84,145 individuals at ASCO Breakthrough ...