The first complete draft of the human genome was published back in 2003. Since then, researchers have worked both to improve the accuracy of human genetic data, and to expand its diversity, looking at ...

A new computational tool called MARRVEL-MCP helps researchers move toward genetic diagnoses more efficiently by analyzing and ...

Throughout history, most of the world's genomic research has relied on DNA data from people of European ancestry.

Genetics were thought to play only a secondary role in determining lifespan—turns out, it’s quite the opposite.

Knowing how human DNA changes over generations is essential to estimating genetic disease risks and understanding how we evolved. But some of the most changeable regions of our DNA have been ...

Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. Complex regions of the human genome remained uncharted, even after researchers sequenced the genome ...

Researchers have identified tiny genetic “switches” that appear to play a surprisingly large role in human language ability.

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. Using advanced analysis based ...

The Molecular and Human Genetics Seminar Series invites notable scientists from across the United States and around the world to present their cutting-edge research. Seminars are scheduled almost ...