Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have identified hundreds of genome regions containing thousands of genetic variants ...

From dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal ...

Colossal Biosciences' feat of genetic engineering has people talking, but not every scientist is on board with its claim of ...

With 80% of rare diseases having a genetic cause, getting a head start on genetic testing for infants can be the key to an ...

The interior secretary cited a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf to generate momentum for a rollback ...

Researchers had been studying the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii for decades without seeing evidence of an active virus ...

Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have identified hundreds of genome regions containing thousands of genetic variants associated with asthma, but it's still not clear which variants have an ...

You are more viral than you think. About 8% of your DNA—far more than is used to build proteins—is made of ancient viruses.

Is de-extinction even a thing? To date, there has only been one successful attempt to bring a species back from extinction, ...

Scientists unveiled the largest brain map ever made, revealing over 200,000 cells and 500 million connections.

Not only that, they’re dire wolves—which means they have cause to be lonely. The dire wolf once roamed an American range that ...

The genome is the full genetic complement of an organism, encoded in either DNA or, in many viruses, RNA. It includes both the genes and non-coding sequences.