A vast stretch of islands across the South Pacific holds one of the oldest human stories on Earth. For tens of thousands of ...

All living organisms are known to inherit genes, DNA sequences that contain instructions for producing specific proteins and ...

Air pollution may switch off genes that make healthy sperm, scientists have discovered. Previous studies have shown that men ...

Every time a cell copies its DNA, parts of the genome are exposed and vulnerable to damage or errors. Molecular biologist ...

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

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

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

A new study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has uncovered how one of the most common ...

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 ...

In this series, ‘Genomics 101’, we go back to basics and explore some of the most important topics in genomics. In this blog, ...

A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really ...

New research presented today at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) suggests that exposure to air pollution may impact genes associated with ...