Research has found that stressful or unhealthy conditions during pregnancy can change how a baby’s brain develops.

Huntington’s disease, known as ‘one of the world’s most terrible diseases’, is a hereditary, neurological condition that ...

Science and medicine are incredibly amazing. Thanks to modern science and medicine, we now have lifespans far beyond our Dark ...

Our gut microbes and genes are in constant conversation, shaping each other in ways that affect everything from immunity and ...

“She had an exceptional genome enriched in variants in genes that are associated with enhanced lifespan in other species, ...

The Y chromosome, the male relation genetic signature, has been a mystery to scientists for centuries. It’s the most repetitive and complex region of the human genome, and never before was it possible ...

You get older every day. But how old are your cells and organs, really?

For decades, gene-editing science has been limited to making small, precise edits to human DNA, akin to correcting typos in ...

A judge in New York rejected a request on 23 September to disqualify the use of cutting-edge DNA sequencing as evidence in a ...

That’s why a team from UC San Diego in La Jolla set out with Yale University researchers to develop a new system for gene ...

Every new life begins after a genetic shuffle. When organisms make eggs or sperm, maternal and paternal chromosomes pair up ...

Previously unmapped sections of the genome explain how cells sense their mechanical environment and could open new paths for ...