In a stunning new study, geneticists in Japan have revealed how injecting a 40,000-year-old Neanderthal gene into mice has led to profound changes in their skeletal structure. This experiment, ...

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

The discovery may explain why cutting edge CAR T-cell therapy has managed to revolutionized treatment for blood cancer but ...

Ancient DNA from prehistoric bones reveals a 37,000-year timeline of human infections, tracing our long struggle with disease.

Scientists have found 473 human genes that behave like on/off switches, revealing links to cancer, immune conditions, and ...

Proposed cuts to the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation “would cause immense and largely ...

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop.

When people think of DNA, they usually think of genes, the parts that code for proteins and drive inherited traits. But there ...

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and ...

A new genomic study reveals how human populations adapted, survived, and diversified in the Himalayas, one of the most ...