By tracing when variations in the human genome first appeared, researchers have found that advances in cognitive abilities ...

Attached to nearly every human cell is an antenna-like structure known as the primary cilium, which senses the cell's ...

In an exciting scientific first, researchers at the Allen Institute successfully designed a new gene therapy that reversed ...

GeneDx CEO Katherine Stueland explains how her company screens babies’ DNA for mutations that cause thousands of treatable ...

Genetic changes that create ever-expanding numbers of identical sperm cells are more widespread than previously thought, ...

Credible press are invited to join the American Society of Human Genetics in Boston for the ASHG 2025 Annual Meeting.

Back in 2019, an international team first identified 109 genes linked in different combinations with eight psychiatric ...

Researchers have achieved the first demonstration in mice of using gene therapy to reverse hallmark symptoms of SYNGAP1-related disorder, a devastating condition affecting an estimated 1 million ...

Genome editing is increasingly recognised as a leading frontier in biomedical research and an essential driver of healthcare ...

Ancient humans crossing the Bering Strait into the Americas carried more than tools and determination—they also carried a ...

When couples have trouble conceiving a baby or lose a pregnancy, they often undergo routine tests, which can turn up a shock: One of the prospective parents may be missing a chromosome. The most ...

In May, a historic moment in science and medicine was captured in a single photo that circulated across news outlets ...