The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to ...

Genetic records from more than 20,000 children in the United States, collected to understand how young brains grow and how ...

A newly published paper in Nature describes the complex process of launching a nine-country collaboration in Africa to ...

When two defective gene variants combine, normal protein function can sometimes be restored.

Scientists discovered that aging DNA repeats expand at wildly different speeds—and in some people, the consequences can be devastating. A sweeping genetic study drawing on data from more than 900,000 ...

Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through ...

A new study reveals that super agers over 80 have a distinct genetic edge. They are much less likely to carry the gene most ...

Quick Take The official 4-species status was achieved only after reviewing recent genetic, morphological, and biogeographic ...

Scientists have turned to artifacts associated with Leonardo da Vinci on a quest to track down the legendary polymath’s elusive DNA.

The findings shed new light on human reproduction and suggest pathways for developing treatments to lower the risk of ...

A large genetic study reveals shared genetic patterns linking schizophrenia with bone health, highlighting the need for ...