But the study, published Thursday in the journal Science, shows “that whenever Neanderthals and modern humans have mated, ...

The researchers experimented with musical pieces believed to increase dopamine, a chemical in the brain. When this process ...

Genome editing-based therapies typically aim to treat disease by correcting underlying genetic mutations in patient's cells.

Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...

Human cancers exhibit genomic instability and an increased mutation rate due to underlying defects in DNA repair. Cancer cells are often defective in one of six major DNA repair pathways, namely: ...

Most lethal mutations in wild fruit flies are driven by newly transferred jumping genes, not small DNA errors, according to a ...

In most plants and animals, including humans, mitochondria are inherited exclusively, or nearly exclusively, from the mother.

A fleeting DNA fold called i‑DNA can switch cancer‑related genes on and off, revealing a hidden structural weak point that ...

Yonsei University researchers have developed a system for combining the benefits of planar array platforms with those of ...