Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas ...

Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on all fours like other primates ...

For the first time, a research team led by the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has mapped the genetic architecture of a ...

The first complete draft of the human genome was published back in 2003. Since then, researchers have worked both to improve the accuracy of human genetic data, and to expand its diversity, looking at ...

Seven years after the first gene-edited babies were revealed, biotech startup Manhattan Genomics is reviving the idea of ...

Microcephaly is a congenital malformation that leads to a significantly reduced brain size and is often accompanied by developmental delay.

A newly discovered protein from Earth's toughest animal is inspiring breakthrough therapies for cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Two small genetic changes reshaped the human pelvis, setting our early ancestors on the path to upright walking, scientists say.

Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. Complex regions of the human genome remained uncharted, even after researchers sequenced the genome ...

A man sits outside and holds a slim menthol cigarette between his fingers. Close-up with focus on the cigarette. The study provided a comprehensive examination of how lifestyle and environmental ...