For centuries, we’ve thought of these changes as part of the "genetic lottery," something we can't control. Science is now ...

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

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 ...

From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body’s typically efficient DNA repair machinery and potentially affecting our health ...

Are humans evolving more through culture than DNA? A new study explores how medicine, technology, and institutions may guide ...

The first time the seemingly healthy woman gave birth, she went into heart failure. She recovered and went on to deliver her ...

Traditional biochemical methods of studying human gene mutations are often laborious and costly. Now bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new simple approach to ...

If future studies confirm the rescued receptors work normally, the study offers a new roadmap for rare disease drug development.

Researchers identified a new genetic mutation that may allow some people to survive, even thrive, on three hours of sleep. The mutation is called SIK3-N783Y. Scientists said mice test subjects ...

Researchers have identified the mechanism by which a common genetic mutation increases liver disease risk. Their findings ...

In a major step toward treating rare neurological diseases, scientists have used gene editing to correct mutations inside the ...