A new contender for a human 'language gene' can change the way that mice squeak when it is incorporated into their DNA. The ...

In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...

New research suggests a genetic variant in the NOVA1 protein may have played a key role in the emergence of human speech.

Researchers from Leicester have uncovered important insights into how people’s DNA affects their response to the drug Varenicline ...

A groundbreaking study implicates a specific gene in the evolution of human speech, highlighting its uniqueness to Homo ...

Did you know that some animals never experience aging the way humans do? From the immortal jellyfish that resets its life ...

Stanford Medicine researchers sifted through thousands of single nucleotide mutations in DNA to identify fewer than 400 that are functionally associated with inherited cancer risk.

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define brain cell types across species.

A new study reveals how AI-driven deep learning models can decode the genetic regulatory switches that define brain cell ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

By Balambal Suryanarayanan CRISPR-Cas9 is a repurposed gene editing tool that allows scientists to cut, replace, and insert pieces of DNA in precise regions along the strand. Courtesy of NIH Image ...