A new study suggests that the Agouti gene in the brains of male African striped mice can act as a molecular "switch," making ...

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 ...

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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.

Live Science spoke with a bioethicist and sociologist about emerging genomic technologies, including those that enable ...

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, ...

For many years, researchers believed that the DNA inside a newly fertilized egg began as a structural ‘blank slate’ – a loose ...

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

Only a few years ago, Tuesday’s announcement that a glove believed to be connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona, had no match to a DNA database would have been a dead end.

Researchers summarize key insights from the world’s first comprehensive investigation into how a pandemic started.

DNA science has helped solve criminal cases for decades. But increasingly, investigative genetic genealogy — which was first ...

Within a few centuries, the genetic landscape of the Rhine-Meuse region, including the wetlands, was completely reshaped. Our ...