Robertsonians — commonly abbreviated as ROBs — are the stuff of genetics textbooks. First discovered in grasshoppers in 1916 ...

In about one out of every 800 people, two chromosomes fuse together to form an unusual bond. These are known as Robertsonian chromosomes. It's a mystery that has long stumped scientists.

A thorough health evaluation of one of the world's oldest people, Maria Branyas, suggests that one of the reasons she lived ...

Researchers from Mass General Brigham and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have identified genetic modifications that ...

Yet not all large-scale research into mRNA vaccines in the United States is being dismantled. Nature has learnt that, even as ...

Researchers say the latest analysis challenges the common belief that low levels of alcohol are beneficial for brain health ...

Natural systems such as CRISPR-associated transposons (CASTs) offer a targetable, one-step way to edit genomes. However, ...

For years, Customs and Border Protection agents have been quietly harvesting DNA from American citizens, including minors, and funneling the samples into an FBI crime database, government data shows.

Tobacco is an important economic crop in the world. However, the infection of tobacco by pathogenic microorganisms, including ...

The global challenge of food security is inextricably linked to reducing postharvest losses, which can exceed 50% for perishable horticultural crops in ...

Drinking any amount of alcohol increases your risk of dementia later in life, according to a new study that challenges prior ...

Newly released data shows Customs and Border Protection funneled the DNA of nearly 2,000 US citizens—some as young as 14—into ...