Human evolution has often been depicted as a process of adaptation, where natural selection and genetic changes drive species ...

Researchers in Berlin have used base editing to repair mutations that cause the kidney disorder ADPKD in cells from both mice ...

Cris Collinsworth made everyone watching "Sunday Night Football" cringe on Sunday evening. The former Cincinnati Bengals wide ...

A research group from the National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) has found that an alteration in the POT1 gene prevents lung tissue from regenerating, which over time makes breathing difficult. The ...

According to a recent international study, fragments of ancient viral DNA once considered "junk" may in fact play a role in ...

Scientists have identified a new therapeutic strategy for neurodegenerative diseases by boosting a protein called PI31, which ensures proteasomes reach synapses to clear protein waste.

UCSF researchers tested CRISPRa, a gentler form of gene editing, in mice with a rare brain disorder caused by a faulty SCN2A ...

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in ...

Millions of birds in U.S. poultry farms and some cattle herds have been affected, but the overall risk to humans remains low. Still, a number of human cases have been documented as a new CDC report ...

The genomes of thousands of mosquitoes reveal how the slave trade enabled the spread of the species that transmits dengue and ...