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

The longtime director of the National Human Genome Research Institute is stepping down, as the larger NIH braces for more ...

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

The Human Genome Project was an international research project that sequenced all of the genes found in humans. This ambitious project began in 1990 and concluded in 2003. One goal of the project ...

We've long assumed our species evolved from a tidy, single stream of ancestors. But life on Earth is never quite so ...

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

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

The project promises to generate controversy, as did its counterpart, the Human Genome Diversity Project (HGDP). The HGDP was developed in 1991 to map the genetic diversity of hundreds of human ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long ...

Since it began in 1990, the Human Genome Project is estimated to have cost $3,000,000,000. The entire human genome requires three gigabytes of computer data storage space. (One million base pairs ...

Research increasingly shows that tackling modifiable exposures and environmental risks could be one of our most powerful ...

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