The genetic code acts as life’s instruction manual, telling cells how to build proteins from DNA and RNA. Though it's a ...

In a new paper published in the journal Trends in Genetics researchers from the University of Vermont and Trinity College ...

A seminal study has uncovered a new genetic cause of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). The discovery offers both closure and hope to potentially thousands of families worldwide who have long been ...

New research pioneered by The University of Western Australia is shedding light on the intricate dance between proteins, DNA and RNA—the fundamental building blocks that carry out cellular processes ...

A genetic data giant is falling, and it’s unclear what will happen to millions of people’s most intimate personal information in the aftermath. On March 23, DNA testing company 23andMe ...

A massive screen of bacterial and archaeal genomes revealed five previously unknown instances where an organism uses an alternate code to translate genetic blueprints into proteins. A study probes how ...

It's time for researchers to reconsider the current paradigm of cancer as a genetic disease, argues Sui Huang from the Institute for Systems Biology, U.S., and colleagues in an essay published in ...

DNA-testing company 23andMe and its co-founder, Anne Wojcicki, aimed to revolutionize healthcare, bringing genetic tests into homes with just a tube of spit. WSJ takes a look at factors that ...

Its core product, an at-home DNA testing kit, offers “personalized genetic insights” that the company says can flag potential health risks such as one’s likelihood of developing Alzheimers ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. Modern humans descended ...

In the event that 23andMe is sold, its massive genetic database may end up in the hands of a different company entirely — one that users never consented to handing their personal information ...