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Understanding human gene function in living organisms has long been hampered by fundamental differences between species.

Illumina has named Eric Green as chief medical officer, providing a home to the first National Institutes of Health director ...

How fast does the human genome change? Scientists have attempted to answer this question by studying mutation rates over several generations, and they found that some parts of the human genome tend to ...

NIH funding has allowed scientists to see the DNA blueprints of human life—completely. In 2022, the Telomere-to-Telomere Consortium, a group of NIH-funded scientists from research institutions around ...

Scientists have revealed parts of the genome that are especially vulnerable to mutations that occur very early on in development. These areas are in the initial portions of genes, where the cell tends ...

Scientists created the largest functional map of a brain to date using a piece of a mouse's brain. The map details the wiring that connects neurons, offering insight into brain function and ...

A member of the UCSC Braingeneers group talks with symposium attendees about their research with brain organoids. Photo Credit: Anusha Ravishankar. Twenty-five years ago, UC Santa Cruz played a ...

Ancient DNA is turning human evolution into a crime scene reconstruction, and one of the prime suspects is a herpesvirus that ...

The complete genome of an ancient Egyptian has been sequenced, revealing genetic links between the Nile and Mesopotamia 5,000 ...

Humanized mouse models are vital for studying human gene function, but fully replacing mouse genes with complete human ...