A 19-year-old Canadian man becomes the first human cured through prime gene editing after doctors corrected a rare genetic ...

Researchers found three master genes that alter brain development in Down syndrome, offering new clues about learning and memory differences.

Life is precious, and many of us try to do everything “right” to live longer. We eat better, move more, avoid pollutants, ...

The DNA foundation model Evo 2 has been published in the journal Nature. Trained on the DNA of over 100,000 species across ...

A gene borrowed from the naked mole rat, an animal famous for extraordinary longevity and disease resistance, helped mice live a little longer and stay healthier, pointing to a surprising biological ...

Developers of gene therapies to treat knee osteoarthritis are taking the familiar intra-articular route to deliver proteins and molecules directly to the site of the disease.

Study argues to move beyond ‘reading genes’ — focus on conserved neural-development networks in humans to improve early screening and identify therapeutic leads.

Thanks to increasingly efficient and affordable gene sequencing technologies, we can now chart our genetic blueprint in unprecedented detail. But what does each gene do? Of the roughly 20,000 genes ...

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia.

Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health ...

Thin stretches of the human X chromosome look oddly empty when you scan for Neanderthal DNA. Geneticists even have a name for the gaps: “Neanderthal deserts.