The DNA blueprint we carry around with us today has been influenced far more by natural selection than we thought, a massive ...

In two new studies, researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute have clarified how a long-banned group of chemicals, called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) affect genetic activity. The research helps ...

Researchers have uncovered a previously hidden layer of complexity in how genes are activated, showing that water molecules ...

Language may feel like one of the most distinctly human things about you, but the genetic groundwork for it appears to be ...

Virginia Tech scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute say the increased risk of cardiovascular disease after ...

Researchers at McMaster University have identified, for the first time, a novel region of DNA and two associated genes ...

Everyday DNA mutations can help us understand immune function and aging—and even mitigate harm caused by some inherited ...

Every cell in the human body squeezes over six feet of DNA into a minuscule speck invisible to the naked eye—like compressing ...

SCIENTISTS and public health experts are calling for a fundamental shift in how cardiovascular disease is diagnosed and treated, warning that current ...

Researchers have discovered that DNA wrapped around nucleosomes exists in multiple partially open states rather than simply ...

DNA switches that predate humans and Neanderthals still influence how people speak today, offering new clues about language ...

While Homo sapiens and Neanderthals lived near each other and likely interacted, they usually preferred living in slightly ...