"Thorin", one of the last Neanderthals to walk the planet, was part of a previously unknown lineage that was isolated for 50,000 years,...
Did you know that the bananas you eat today are not the same type as the ones people were eating a few generations ago? The banana...
Mutant frogs, the result of crossbreeding between several animal species, present a captivating but disturbing aspect of genetic experimentation....
Scientists have uncovered a rare genetic cause of intellectual disability in a historically overlooked part of the human genome: so-called...
Papua New Guineans, who have been genetically isolated for millennia, carry unique genes that helped them fight off infection —...
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative movement disorder that progresses relentlessly. It gradually impairs a person’s ability...
In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the data...
The discovery of a rare white baby turtle on a South Carolina beach has surprised the world beyond imagination. The white turtle hatchling...
Around 55 million people worldwide suffer from dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease. On Feb. 22, 2024, it was revealed that former...
Scientists introduced CRISPR to the world as a gene-editing tool in summer 2012, when landmark papers from two independent groups demonstrated...
Hunter-gatherers in what's now Denmark were wiped out within a few generations of the arrival of the first farmers in the region around...
A four-decade-old cold case murder has been solved with the help of genetic genealogy technology, New Hampshire officials announced...
Matthew J. Nilo has been arrested in connection with several Boston sexual assaults in 2007 and 2008. Officials were able to identify...
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects one-fourth of the general population globally, and encompasses a number of liver conditions...
