this list of mind-boggling facts and figures will get you started. For more basic information about genes, visit the Glossary. A rough draft of the human genome was completed in June 2000.

Gene mutations have consequences both good and bad—from resistance to conditions like diabetes to susceptibility to certain ...

Every living organism relies on a genetic blueprint encoded in its DNA, yet the amount of DNA - or genome size - varies ...

Here, we collate these data, highlighting the considerable potential for cross-disciplinary exchange to provide novel insights into how culture has shaped the human genome. The premise of this ...

Genes contain instructions for making proteins, and a central dogma of biology is that this information flows from DNA to RNA ...

"Genes move differently, depending on whether they are being read or not, leading to complex, turbulent-like motions of the human genome. Understanding the mechanics behind transcription-dependent ...

Currently, no country explicitly allows heritable human genome editing in clinical settings. It is not clear to what extent ...

Initially, drug development was entirely focused on the less than two percent of the human genome which codes for proteins. However, it has become increasingly clear that tackling the many chronic ...

The completion of the genome mapping represents a "new kind of fossil, a fossil chromosome," said Erez Lieberman Aiden, a professor of molecular and human genetics at Baylor College of Medicine ...

Scientists have identified a relationship between ancient viral DNA and susceptibility to neurodegenerative diseases like ...

New research has revealed a connection between ancient viral DNA embedded in the human genome and the genetic risk for two major diseases that affect the central nervous system. New research from ...

A recent change to South Africa’s national health research guidelines contains newly added language that appears to permit the use of genome editing to create genetically modified children.