Rather, DNA sequencing can help us parse our ancestry, a subtle but important distinction.

An entrepreneurial attitude helped this Vienna-based researcher begin to unravel the complex receptor network that Arabidopsis uses to develop and defend itself.

The bat version of the STING protein helps dampen the mammals' immune response to infection, researchers have found.

Meet some of the people featured in the June 2018 issue of The Scientist.

Three members of a gene family called NOTCH2NL may have been involved in the evolution of humans’ big cortex.

Genetic adaptations for human brain development also make us vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study.  

LabCorp might be able to charge a licensing fee to any scientists who wish to sequence the gene HOMER1 in people who may have autism.

Complications during pregnancy may act via the placenta to magnify the effects of genetic risk factors.

Victoria, a southern white rhino at the San Diego Zoo, was impregnated by artificial insemination on March 22 and, if all goes well, will birth the calf in summer 2019.

Researchers recently used CRISPR single-guide RNAs to alter genes involved in pigmentation in frog embryos.