Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the ...

A major global study tested whether European-derived polygenic risk scores (PGS) for Alzheimer’s disease can predict risk ...

Genomic research holds incredible promise for improving human health, but one major challenge has slowed its progress: ...

Researchers in Spain may have found the first potential treatment that stops an incurable virus found in 122million Americans ...

Human DNA in its natural state inside cells (left) compared to eight hours after being infected with HSV-1 (right). The virus compacts the human genome’s size significantly and moves it towards the ...

The herpes virus that commonly causes cold sores affects how tightly coiled our DNA is and makes it shrink, all to help ...

Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the ...

New research is shaking up our understanding of evolution by revealing that some species may not evolve gradually at all. Instead, scientists discovered that certain marine worms experienced an ...

Researchers have demonstrated a specific type of genetic variation in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) for the first time ...

Understanding human biology requires more than mapping our genes—we must also understand how gene expression is regulated to ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

Experiments with tools designed to detect DNA damage reveal unique and conserved features of telomeres in cancer cells.