A study of artificial human and chimpanzee nerve cells revealed how faster-evolving DNA gives neurons the ability to build ...

Scientists have now created an encyclopedia of gene function for all known human genes that code for protein. This data uses the most current and reliable | Genetics And Genomics ...

How did humans evolve brains capable of complex language, civilization, and more? Scientists at UC San Francisco recently ...

A new study reveals that human accelerated regions (HARs)—segments of DNA that evolved much faster than expected—may be key to the brain’s advanced cognitive abilities.

The HHS published guidance that narrowly defined sex and denied the existence of people who identify as transgender, intersex ...

How did humans evolve brains capable of complex language, civilization, and more? The answer could lie in exceptional DNA.

Sister cells are a pair of cells that share the same mother cell. In a new study published in Developmental Cell, researchers ...

Scientists are exploring gene editing as a way to correct trisomy at the cellular level. Using CRISPR-Cas9, researchers ...

In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish ...

However, the nation has now been embroiled in this "war" for over 50 years, and we are nowhere closer to victory, argues ...

Each cell of the human body contains two meters of DNA. The whole secret lies in the intricate three-dimensional arrangement that allows DNA strands to be efficiently organized and compacted within ...

Researchers say if their results are confirmed through further study they are optimistic the approach could be used to treat ...