The first major genetic study of Scottish Travellers has found that some are at significantly higher risk of rare inherited ...

A new study led by experts at the University of Nottingham suggests a pet gecko with an unusually high risk of tumors may be ...

ALS is linked to toxic TDP-43 protein clumps. A new strategy targets a specific protein region. A small molecule, XL20, prevents clumping, reducing nerve damage in human cells. XL20 extended survival ...

Ancient humans crossing the Bering Strait into the Americas carried more than tools and determination—they also carried a genetic legacy from Denisovans, an extinct human relative. A new study reveals ...

A study investigated whether the genes for schizophrenia and autism appeared more frequently as mammals evolved bigger brains ...

New research shows it’s possible to edit the DNA of human embryos with more precision. But scientists warn it’s still not ...

Arbitration tribunal declared that PM647 is within Prime Medicine’s “Field”, confirming Prime Medicine’s right to develop and commercialize ...

The DNA of Chernobyl cleanup workers showed mutations caused by radiation that were also evident in the genes of their ...

Abraham Lincoln, for one, may have had the syndrome—and are at very high risk of a kind of fatal rupture in the heart.

Genes associated with male reproductive biology appear to be under relaxed selective constraint in a primate species with low sperm competition.

Casgevy sickle cell gene therapy is now FDA-approved for children as young as two, opening access for 5,500 more U.S. kids.

Scientists at the University of California San Diego have uncovered how genetic mutations cause a rare group of inherited neuromuscular disorders and identified promising new strategies to correct ...