Pangolins are poached for their scales and meat, leading researchers to develop a set of molecular tools to help track and mitigate the trade.

Chips used by some direct-to-consumer genetic testing firms display a false positive rate of upwards of 85 percent when screening for rare variants, a new study finds.  

Its screen for selected variants of some disease-linked genes gives customers an incomplete picture of their risk—do they know?

A genomic interrogation of homosexuality turns up speculative links between genetic elements and sexual orientation, but researchers say the study is too small to be significant. 

Researchers identify 72 novel genetic variants associated with breast cancer risk.

Researchers have catalogued mutations in the coding regions of 36 of the most important mouse strains.

Yeast study finds many instances—often among related genes—in which a mutation in one gene cancels the negative effects of a mutation in another.

Once implanted in mice, the edited stem cells produced normal hemoglobin.

A study identifies genetic variants that are linked to multiple phenotypes.