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 ...

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

who must endure this spoon feeding until they reach the facts, history and drama of the sequencing of the human genome. This difficult endeavor may have been better served by two books.

search for genes linked to different types of disease understand inherited disorders and their treatment trace human migration patterns from the past Scientists are searching for disease ...

"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 ...

The genetic information in an organism is called its genome. The Human Genome Project, or HGP for short, was started at the end of the last century. It was very ambitious and had several aims ...

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 ...

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.