Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health ...

Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health traits. By probing regions ...

After nearly 40 years, a new study has found that children of Chernobyl workers have mutations within their DNA ...

Researchers from the University of Bonn have shown that children of cleanup workers at the power plant have an increased number of mutations in their DNA.

In June, 2025, the Wellcome Trust announced an ambitious £10 million UK project called the Synthetic Human Genome Project (SynHG) and claimed it “will unlock a deeper understanding of life, leading to ...

Like islands scattered across a vast intergenic sea, the nearly 20,000 protein-coding genes within the human genome represent a mere 2 percent of its 3 billion base pairs. When, where, and to what ...

When the Chernobyl power plant explosion scattered ionizing radiation all over Europe, the damage it dealt lasted much longer than the initial blast. Researchers sequenced the genomes of Chernobyl ...

Whenever we need to perform a task, our cells rely on proteins to accomplish the job. Want to move? That’s a job for actin. Want to see? Rhodopsin will help you. Want to smell? That’s what olfactory ...

Researchers have revealed that so-called ‘junk DNA’ contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to Alzheimer’s disease. When people picture DNA, they often imagine a set of genes ...

How much of our genome really matters? Some argue that because most of our DNA is active, it must be doing something important. Others say even random DNA would be highly active. This has now been put ...