By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded ...

Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health ...

The Food and Drug Administration aims to evaluate treatments for rare diseases based on plausible evidence that they would work — without requiring a clinical trial first.

A version of this Priestley Medal address will be presented at the American Chemical Society Spring 2026 meeting ...

Back when he was 17 and in high school, Eric Sid fainted. In the emergency room, he was diagnosed with anemia, which can cause fainting spells, and for years he thought that was the end of the story.

A chubby-cheeked baby called KJ made medical history last year. Faced with a life-threatening metabolic disease, KJ’s doctors at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia sprinted to create a personalized ...

Gene editing sounds like progress until it becomes policy. This story follows a future where CRISPR and AI reshape humanity in the name of perfection. Diseases vanish, IQ rises, and society stabilizes ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it takes for cells to behave in desired ways—for example, getting them to produce ...

What made humans behave differently to their closest relatives? Researchers have long sought an answer in a handful of genetic differences between Homo sapiens and our close relatives the Neanderthals ...

In 2024, Paramount Pictures released Better Man, a musical biopic about the life and career of British singer Robbie Williams. The film was like most other entries in that oversaturated genre, except ...

A new study hints that Australia's first people arrived via a major northern route and a smaller southern route. Helen Farr and Erich Fisher, CC BY-NC-SA, via the Conversation Researchers have long ...

A Bay Area biochemist has launched a new company to further research on gene editing on human embryos. Lucas Harrington said the research will focus on using the technology to prevent genetic disease ...