Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ...

Two University of Wisconsin researchers Edgar Spalding and Takeshi Yoshihara recently published a study concluding that there ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their epigenetics-meticulously placed chemical tags that influence which genes are expressed in ...

When it comes to critical care for newborns, being able to act fast is of the utmost importance, which is why this new DNA tech is so important.

Centuries-old genetic material can solve historical mysteries, from lost species to what killed Napoleon’s army.

With a new study in the journal Cell, researchers at Stanford University and Stockholm University have contributed to ...

Because identical twins develop from a single fertilized egg, they have the same genome, the entire set of genetic material found in an organism. So, any differences between them, even in traits with ...