Nearly 1 in 7 adults in the United States lives with chronic kidney disease, a condition that often advances quietly until ...

This important study introduces a new biology-informed strategy for deep learning models aiming to predict mutational effects in antibody sequences. It provides solid evidence that separating ...

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

A microscopic flaw in the brain’s cellular scaffolding can shape brain size for life.

A vanishingly rare genetic glitch in a single enzyme can erase a newborn’s brain cells in a matter of weeks, leaving doctors ...

The fossil and genetic evidence agree that modern humans originated in Africa. The most genetically diverse human populations—the groups that have had the longest time to pick up novel mutations—live ...

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 ...

Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of DNA can be passed down to future generations and are important for how we ...

For Sakura Tafoya, it started with a header. The Santa Fe girl and her family were playing soccer on a fall day in 2021. Sakura, then 4, tried out a move she’d seen other kids do: hitting the ball ...

STANFORD, Calif. — Natural selection shaped our most abundant brain cells so rapidly that the genetic changes may have enhanced human cognitive abilities while dramatically increasing autism risk, ...