Genome

By tracing maternal and paternal inheritance without parental DNA, scientists have mapped dozens of parent-specific genetic effects, uncovering…

New research links previously unknown genes to frailty, raising hope for early predicting and preventing age-related decline. Study: Large-scale…

A new study has identified genetic variants linked to brain function, immune defense and metabolism that contribute to…

A team of Chinese researchers led by Prof. GAO Caixia from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology…

Proteins sustain life as we know it, serving many important structural and functional roles throughout the body. But…

Almost all organisms follow a basic rule to make proteins. Information in DNA is encoded by codons…

Australian researchers have discovered a promising new strategy to suppress the growth of aggressive and hard-to-treat cancers by…

A landmark study harnesses long-read sequencing to reveal vast, previously undetected structural variations in human DNA, reshaping our…

New AI-driven research reveals how advanced machine learning models not only confirm known Alzheimer’s genes but also spot…

Ozzy Osbourne shouldn’t have survived. He said it. The scientists said it. Anyone who watched him howl into…

Fragments of ancient viral DNA once dismissed as “junk” may play a role in controlling our genes, according…

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human…

Researchers uncover dozens of traits driven by maternal versus paternal genes