Genetic sequencing has gone through several advances. A major breakthrough came when scientists began breaking the billions of letters that compose DNA up into relatively small bits of a few hundred ...

Scientists say the vaccines that use genetic technology can be easily tweaked. Vaccine makers say they are in the midst of testing their shots' effectiveness against the newly discovered omicron ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

For those born with certain types of congenital deafness, the cochlear implant has been a positive and enabling technology.

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long ...

Each year, 263 million people get malaria. But from the parasite's perspective, infecting humans is harder than you might think, and requires completing an epic journey within the tiny body of a ...

Facial recognition technology can effectively diagnose a rare genetic disease that causes multiple defects throughout the body in some cases, according to a new study published in the American Journal ...

It was January of 1980 when 21-year-old Helene Pruszynski was kidnapped, raped and murdered in Douglas County, Colorado. Her body was found in a field, but police never identified a suspect.

For couples struggling with infertility, a genetic diagnosis can reduce years of repeated and inconclusive testing, guide ...

On November 13, 2025, the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025 (“2025 PB regulations”) took effect, completing the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) post-Brexit framework for gene-edited ...