Using a new method of modeling genetic data, researchers identified a split in human ancestry dating back 1.5 million years. The two populations later reconnected. The mystery population (Population B ...

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

After serving as the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) for more than 15 years, Eric Green, M.D ...

Former NIH director Francis Collins is so concerned for his personal safety that he has hired security at his home ...

Scientists rallied nationwide last Friday in opposition to the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts for scientific research ...

Rallies brought together leading researchers, former administrators and people who benefitted from medical advances.

Having a fuller picture of the human genome helps scientists better understand genetic risk factors that lead to illnesses like cancer. A Johns Hopkins geneticist who's part of the T2T Consortium, ...

With the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, many expected the secrets of conditions like cancer and heart disease to unravel, ushering in an era of breakthrough treatments and ...

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a geneticist at Johns Hopkins University who worked on the Telomere-to-Telomere human genome project. "With the right approvals, we could mail an engineered seed to Africa or anywhere it's needed ...

A novel genetic model suggests that the ancestors of modern humans came from two distinct populations that split and reconnected during our evolutionary history.