Malaria parasites are spread to people by infected mosquitoes. (Imazins/Image Bank Films/Getty Images) Microorganisms' ...

Profiling over 86,000 nuclei from 16 human cell types, scientists mapped two forms of epigenetic regulation in single cells ...

Hidden within the genomes of people alive today are fragments of DNA from two unidentified human ancestors. Researchers at UC ...

Researchers created a cell village culture system and Townlet algorithm to map genetic drivers of brain cell growth, 16p11.2 ...

How readily a cell divides and how well it survives are fundamental to life, shaping everything from organ size to the body's ability to withstand disease. That combination, known as cell fitness, isn ...

Before Homo sapiens underwent its major expansion beyond Africa, our ancestors may have encountered another human population. They may also have interbred with it. We don’t know what these people look ...

Two long-forgotten relatives of humans are still present in our genes, revealing a much richer evolutionary history than previously known. The discovery strengthens the idea that human evolution is a ...

A new genetic analysis suggests that the evolutionary history of modern humans is more complex than previously understood. Researchers report evidence of two previously unknown archaic hominin ...

Modern humans carry DNA from two mysterious extinct lineages in addition to Neanderthals and Denisovans. Their hidden genetic ...

UC Berkeley researchers have identified regions of DNA that humans inherited from two unknown ancestors as a result of ...

The cash will fund three clinical trials testing whether Scribe’s one-time treatments can halve the risk of heart attacks and ...