"Complex chemical processes are essential for making DNA." This long-held assumption in the field of biotechnology has been ...

Scientists have created a silicon chip that can write dozens of DNA sequences simultaneously using electricity and ...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common condition that affects more than 10% of the general population, causing recurrent abdominal pain, bloating, constipation and diarrhea.

For more than three decades, researchers studying genomes have relied on foundational resources such as Repbase and, more ...

Baylor College of Medicine researchers are part of a collaborative research group with AstraZeneca and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center that have identified 22 genes which increase the risk of ...

A vast stretch of islands across the South Pacific holds one of the oldest human stories on Earth. For tens of thousands of ...

In 2015, a team of geneticists cracked open the genomes of 69 ancient Europeans and found something that upended centuries of folklore: the people living in Bronze Age Europe were not simply the ...

Millions struggle with depression and anxiety, often enduring long waits for effective treatment. Scientists in Sweden, Denmark, and Germany are developing a genetic test to predict which medications ...

When my colleagues and I asked autistic people and parents of autistic children in Sweden how they feel about genetic ...