There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

A research team led by Zhiping Weng, Ph.D., and Jill Moore, Ph.D."18, at UMass Chan Medical School, has nearly tripled the ...

The odds of being born human are astronomically low, around 1 in 1.25 billion, due to genetics and chance encounters of ...

Genetic variants believed to cause blindness in nearly everyone who carries them actually lead to vision loss less than 30% ...

Explore the biotechnology section of China’s largest science museum in Shenzhen, featuring a glowing giant DNA model and ...

Attention can feel like a fragile thing, especially when your brain struggles to sort signal from noise. Every second, your ...

Orphan Drug Designation applies to approximately 50,000 Patients who predominantly suffer from severe chronic pain due to ...

Scientists first read the human genome, a three-billion-letter biological book, in April 2003. Since then, researchers have steadily advanced the ability to write DNA, moving far beyond single-gene ...

Scientists have turned to artifacts associated with Leonardo da Vinci on a quest to track down the legendary polymath’s ...

Just like Rome was not built in a day, human beings were also not what they look like today. It is centuries of evolution ...

Dopamine in the brain influences movement, learning, motivation and sleep. In humans, problems with dopamine are linked to ...