Dealing with food shortages and infections over thousands of years, not widespread milk consumption, may be how an ability to digest dairy evolved.
Despite the popular conviction that dog breeds are associated with specific traits, breed accounts for only 9 percent of behavioral differences.
Finding the missing 8 percent of the human genome gives researchers a more powerful tool to better understand human health, disease and evolution.
A dark period for gene therapy didn’t derail scientists determined to help patients.
Scientists recovered most of the Christmas Island rat’s genome. But the missing genes signal a problem for using gene editing to de-extinct species.
Long-distance mate seekers started staying closer to home about 20,000 years ago.
Pediatrician Erica Esrick discusses existing sickle cell treatments and an ongoing clinical trial.
Completion of the Human Genome Project was a huge milestone, but there’s more work to do to ensure equitable access to the information in our DNA.
Through information sharing, geneticist Tshaka Cunningham wants to build trust and encourage more Black people to engage with the medical community.
A new book looks at how genetics has affected the study of humans’ arrival in the Americas and sparked conflicts with Indigenous groups today.