Now researchers are learning that they have also evolved another remarkable genetic adaptation since their ancestors first ...

With grim prognosis hanging overhead, doctors and scientists at universities and institutions across the U.S. worked ...

Duke University Medical Center-led research has identified a human-specific DNA enhancer that regulates neural progenitor ...

A new gene editor takes advantage of CRISPR-associated proteins to insert whole genes into the genome, scientists report.

One of the most commonly used gene-delivery methods relies on engineered viruses to insert stretches of genetic material into ...

Risk-taking emerged as a beneficial strategy in high-reward ancestral contexts. ADHD traits may reflect once-adaptive ...

The goal is to reuse key parts of the treatment and simply swap in a custom set of instructions for each patient's specific gene mutation, doctors say.

Researchers from Radboudumc, Department of Human Genetics, demonstrated something remarkable in a 2014 publication in Nature.

Results from MUSIC-HFpEF Phase 1/2a clinical trial show favorable safety profile and early clinical benefits with SRD-002 ...

Ask scientists which gene-editing tool is most needed to advance gene therapy, and they'd probably describe a system that's ...

As a group, carriers of recessive disorders are slightly less healthy and have a reduced chance of having offspring. This disadvantage is greatest for carriers of a recessive gene for intellectual ...