Genes are segments of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) that are located inside every human cell. The DNA inside each cell is tightly coiled in structures called chromosomes. Each chromosome contains a ...

For millennia, evolution has intrigued many great thinkers, prompting questions about how new traits emerge as species adapt over time. Then, attention shifted to natural selection and the inheritance ...

A patient death in a CRISPR trial halts gene editing studies, raising critical safety questions. What this means for the ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

A genome-wide CRISPR study maps 331 genes essential for early brain development, identifying PEDS1 as a new ...