DNA holds our genetic blueprints, but its cousin, RNA, conducts our daily lives I n 1957, just four years after Francis Crick ...

A map of DNA methylation changes in human organs could help researchers to discover more targets for anti-ageing therapies.

Thousands of years ago, ancient humans undertook a treacherous journey, crossing hundreds of miles of ice over the Bering ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

A new study finds the first Americans had Denisovan DNA, offering clues about ancient immunity and genetic adaptation.

But the human genome is made up of about 6 billion bases, and the human body contains billions, even trillions of cells. And it seems that errors and variations in the genome could actually arise far ...

Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, ...