A large study of ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 people across more than 10,000 years has revealed that natural selection has ...

Genetics, right? Sort of. Scientists just learned it’s a bit more nuanced than high school biology.

Rosa Rademakers and Bryan Traynor received this year’s Breakthrough Prize for identifying the most common genetic cause of ...

In 2001 scientists studying human language made a breakthrough: by looking at the DNA of a family with a rare speech ...

Proteins are essential molecules in living systems. They move, interact and organize themselves to carry out a wide range of ...

Using single-nucleus RNA sequencing, the authors map transcriptional changes in the rat ventral tegmental area following chronic inflammatory pain and acute morphine exposure. Notably, their ...

A new study finds the proteins responsible for controlling which genes are expressed in a genome do more than simply turn a ...

A newly proposed model suggests cancer cells may resist treatment not just through genetic mutations, but by dynamically ...

Researchers are gaining a new appreciation for the genes on the X and Y chromosomes and how they shape sex differences in ...

A new genetic study reveals that Neanderthals suffered a devastating population collapse long before their extinction, ...