Fragments of DNA from long-extinct human relatives still circulate in modern genomes, and in some cases they do more than ...

It took a while for the science to basically catch up to that suspicion.” In these types of “recessive” conditions, the ...

This research project is screening for over 200 rare genetic conditions including SMA and galactosaemia. A blood sample of the newborn’s umbilical cord will be collected shortly after birth to allow ...

The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announced this month it had entered into a partnership with gene-sequencing giant Illumina to use advanced DNA technology to study thousands of cryopreserved ...

Prospective parents are being marketed genetic tests that claim to predict which IVF embryo will grow into the tallest, ...

A new study links telomere length genetics to IPF risk, showing how rare variants and polygenic scores may guide future screening and precision care.

The transition from testing the dead to testing the living is the latest example of how genomics is expanding horizons for ...

In two new studies on 28,000 individuals, researchers are able to show that genetic variants in 11 regions of the human genome have a clear influence on which bacteria are in the gut and what they do ...

A forensic technology that has set wrongfully convicted murderers free and jailed famed serial killers just landed its first ...

A DNA identification has been made in a homicide case that began nearly 40 years ago with the disappearance of a Birmingham ...

Medical gas plasma can render adenoviruses harmless within a short period of time. This has been demonstrated by a recent ...

Prospective parents are being sold genetic tests that promise to pick the 'smartest' or 'tallest' embryo. Researchers warn the predictions are uncertain, the gains minimal, and the risks real.