For decades, gene-editing science has been limited to making small, precise edits to human DNA, akin to correcting typos in ...

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make ...

Ever since moviegoers saw the first ‘Jurassic Park,’ millions have wondered if scientists could make a dinosaur in the lab.

The Y chromosome, the male relation genetic signature, has been a mystery to scientists for centuries. It’s the most repetitive and complex region of the human genome, and never before was it possible ...

That’s why a team from UC San Diego in La Jolla set out with Yale University researchers to develop a new system for gene ...

Our gut microbes and genes are in constant conversation, shaping each other in ways that affect everything from immunity and ...

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

Almost 1,500 genes have been implicated in intellectual disabilities; yet for most people with such disabilities, genetic causes remain unknown. Perhaps this is in part because geneticists have been ...

There are some genes that can promote cancer; they are sometimes called oncogenes, and in tumor cells, mutations are often found in these genes. When they are functioning normally, oncogenes are often ...

A team of investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a founding member of Mass General Brigham (MGB) and Mass General for Children (MGfC) has identified - for the first time - the ...