The complex sugar molecules that festoon our cells are often treated as little more than biological decoration. A new study suggests they hold hidden patterns—distinct signatures that can separate one ...

Learn why genetic mutation testing should be the first step in cancer diagnosis and how it leads to precise, life-saving ...

New research suggests that education can raise IQ by up to 15 points—even among identical twins—challenging determinism and revealing intelligence to be more malleable than we once believed.

A new study of the bizarre naked mole rat shows that the animals have evolved a DNA repair mechanism that could explain their ...

Deep inside the body, a silent and slow-growing problem can start. In about 1 in 5 older adults, a small group of mutated ...

With a closer look at genomic variation, scientists now have a faster, more precise way to uncover new links to disease EMBL scientists created ...

The scientists named this new process ER3D, which stands for endogenous RNA-directed DNA damage. It’s the first time ...

Study results published in The New England Journal of Medicine show the therapy significantly improved hearing in nearly a ...

Seven trailblazing scientists receive ASHG’s 2025 Professional Awards for contributions in human genetics, leadership, and mentorship.

Researchers have developed a mathematical model to quantify viral mimicry based on methods from statistical physics, machine ...

With groundnut being central to food, nutrition and edible oil security, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has set a new benchmark in crop improvement by ...

Medical oncologist Heather Parsons, MD, MPH, witnessed how cancer affects the entire family when her younger sister was ...