Repeated exercise, or wasting, can change the way key genes work.

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

De novo genes are evolution’s magic trick—new genes appearing from non-coding DNA, much like a rabbit pulled from a hat. Once considered impossible, de novo genes have been identified in Drosophila ...

For decades, geneticists have known that most common illnesses are not caused by a single rogue gene but by intricate constellations of DNA variants acting together in specific cells. Now a new ...