Human DNA constantly refolds in 3D space, and these looping dynamics regulate gene expression and cell identity.

Vietnamese scientists have, for the first time, successfully decoded mitochondrial genomes from ancient human bone samples dating back around 2,000 years, marking a significant breakthrough in genetic ...

Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health traits. By probing regions of DNA previously linked to disease, the work has ...

Researchers from Brown University and the University of Rochester will lead a multi-institution project to test whether ...

In pet genetics, cancer research, and beyond, Charlie Lieu, MBA ’05, SM ’05, has spent her career harnessing massive data ...

For many years, researchers believed that the DNA inside a newly fertilized egg began as a structural ‘blank slate’ – a loose ...

For decades, scientists viewed the genome of a newly fertilized egg as a structural "blank slate"—a disordered tangle of DNA ...

Feb 24, 2026 Rosanne Haggerty & Ruby Bolaria Shifrin propose a mechanism similar to the Human Genome Project to standardize and share information. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's upcoming visit to ...

Exclusive: Harvard geneticist George Church knew more about Jeffrey Epstein's activities than he has previously said, before ...

Pasca Lab specializes in growing three-dimensional organoid models from reprogrammed stem cells, which capture molecular changes during fetal brain-like development. Because the human brain cannot be ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received an $80 million grant to continue research into the mysteries of exceptional longevity.

A version of this Priestley Medal address will be presented at the American Chemical Society Spring 2026 meeting ...