Learn more about the gene linked to the evolutionary loss of human tails, and how, in rare cases, some people are still born ...
Genetic variants believed to cause blindness in nearly everyone who carries them actually lead to vision loss less than 30% ...
Ancient DNA is turning human evolution into a crime scene reconstruction, and one of the prime suspects is a herpesvirus that ...
Some DNA passed down from ancient hunter-gatherers has been found to be a crucial force in living to be 100 years old.
Humanized mouse models are essential for investigating human gene function; however, the complete replacement of mouse genes ...
A major medical milestone took place in May 2025, when doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR-based gene editing to treat a child with a rare genetic disorder. Unlike earlier ...
There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...
Picture CRISPR-Cas9, a gene editing technology, as a GPS-guided scalpel: gRNA directs the Cas9 enzyme, a protein that cuts ...