The story of human evolution in ancient past is said to be written in our modern bodies. In his book “Descent of Man,” Charles Darwin talks about vestigial structures. A vestigial structure is a body ...

In a study published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, scientists from the Department of Medical Biochemistry and ...

The Ocean Genome Legacy Center and Seacoast Science Center join forces to unlock the secrets of marine mammal DNA and advance ...

Cancer cells have special adaptation mechanisms that allow them to proliferate despite changes in their genetic makeup.

The manuscript addresses the 3D chromatin architecture in monocytes from patients with alcohol-associated hepatitis and its relationship to enhanced transcription of innate immune genes. While the ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a promising new approach that could be used to treat a rare and ...

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

This week at AAAS, PNNL scientists and colleagues discuss phenomics, exposomics, and the factors that influence DNA ...

A study on bat genomes, involving Texas Tech University, discovered genetic adaptations that help bats resist viral ...

Nevada just confirmed its first human case of avian flu from infected cattle. Nevada’s first case was found in Churchill ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new details about how the human genome produces instructions for creating ...