Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health traits. By probing regions of DNA previously linked to disease, the work has ...

For a long time, we’ve been sold the idea that Genghis Khan, the 13th-century founder of the Mongol Empire, was so phenomenally prolific that one in 200 men alive today carries his exact Y chromosome.

An estimated 170,000 Australians were diagnosed with cancer in 2025. Many people know the causes of cancer are partly genetic. But how do your genes, which contribute so much of what makes you you, ...

Human DNA constantly refolds in 3D space, and these looping dynamics regulate gene expression and cell identity.