Learn more about what how humans ended up having Neanderthal DNA in their genome and what it means if you have it.

Research shows synthetic chromosomes can be transferred to human cells with potential to improve viral resistance ...

When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication ...

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...

The first phase of the U.K. synthetic human genome project has successfully completed, realizing key steps in chromosome ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Next time you call someone a Neanderthal, better look in a mirror. Many of the genes that help determine most people’s skin and hair are more Neanderthal than not, according to two ...

Scientists discovered that the first 100 base pairs of human genes are unusually prone to mutations, especially during the ...

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop. Until recently, many fast-changing parts of the human genome remained ...

Saey: My first memory of the Human Genome Project was when I was an undergraduate student at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, and I remember Walter Gilbert, who is a Nobel Prize winner, coming ...

The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists' ability to reconstruct the past. This has been made possible ...

Colibactin is a powerful toxin produced by Escherichia coli and other bacteria living in the human gut. This highly unstable ...