When the monkeys were single-celled embryos, scientists had used CRISPR editing tools to silence, or “knock out”, a gene that ...

Scientists have identified a tiny genetic change—present in nearly all living humans but absent in our closest extinct ...

Blood proteins serve as crucial indicators of health and disease risk throughout development. Now, researchers at the ...

A recent Trump executive order defines sex based on gamete size. But the order oversimplifies genetics, hormones and reproductive biology.

Diabetes Test Results: Types of Tests and How to Read Them If you or someone in your family has diabetes, you might be wondering if it is genetic. There are different types of diabetes. For each type, ...

An Italian family hit hard by Alzheimer’s offers clues about a potential genetic cause of the neurodegenerative disease, a new study has found. In a family of 15 people in northern Italy ...

Scientists from a collaboration of Australian research institutions have proposed that editing multiple genetic variants in human embryos could significantly lower the likelihood of developing ...

Second, our analyses did not consider other forms of genetic or epigenetic variation. The variants segregating within families are also needed to be indicated in the future. Third, our analyses were ...

This prevented cracking of the bamboo samples due to variation in the moisture content of the bamboo, and it homogenized the moisture content across different samples. Principal component analysis ...

This means ‘new mutation’. If a child has a new gene mutation, this may cause them to develop a genetic health problem, even when no one else in the family has it. Knowledge about epilepsy, genes, and ...

Genetic variation describes the genotypic and phenotypic differences between individuals in a population, and between populations. This variation arises through genetic mutation and is important ...