In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of DNA’s structure—the now famous double ...

DNA is often called the blueprint of life, but what does that really mean? Elizabeth Worthey, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Genetics in the Heersink School of Medicine, explains everything ...

Scientists are seeking to decipher the role of non-coding DNA in the human genome, helped by a suite of ...

A good portion of human DNA is what scientists refer to as "junk" -- stuff left over from ancient viruses and such. But maybe ...

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and open science that the Human Genome Project helped promote.

Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, ...

Researchers have now discovered that HAR123, a regulatory gene sequence, is an important factor in human brain development.

A genetic study conducted by the University of South Carolina and the National Human Genome Research Institute, published in ...