JERUSALEM - Israeli scientists have discovered a unique genetic mechanism that provides human cells with efficient protection ...

The gene mutation was isolated in a family in northern Italy where under half of the relations developed the disease. View on ...

Scientists reveal new insights into the hidden processes driving human genetic variation with the first complete human DNA ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have constructed a complete map of how human DNA is mixed as it is passed down during ...

Dr. Norman Kleiman, a co-author of the study, said, “Most people think of the Chernobyl nuclear accident as a radiological ...

Your body is a collection of cells carrying thousands of genetic mistakes accrued over a lifetime—many harmless, some bad and ...

A new computational tool improves the analysis of genetic data, making it easier and faster to study the evolutionary relationships between species.

For decades, cat lovers and scientists alike have wondered why most orange cats are male while calicos and tortoiseshells are ...

Recent analysis of amino acid prevalence goes back to the theoretical common ancestors of life.

Genetic variation is the foundation of human diversity, enabling differences in traits such as height, eye color, or blood type. Some sequence variants also cause inherited diseases, including sickle ...

Researchers from the University of Edinburgh and King’s College London believe the findings offer new insight into the ...

The most detailed study to date on the mechanisms by which a common type of bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, adapts to ...