Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral ...

How do our genes determine our appearance and our susceptibility to disease? This question is central to biomedical research, ...

Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and bind to receptors on the surface of target cells, a molecular arms race that ...

New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

A new genome-wide study uncovers evidence of the first three-way relationships between human genetic variation, variation in the fungal component of the human microbiome - known as the mycobiome - and ...

The human gut microbiome contains a diverse group of trillions of microbes including bacteria, fungi, and viruses that can affect our health. Researchers have begin to learn more about the gut ...

WellSpan Health's Gene Health Project offers free genetic screening for cancer syndromes and heart disease. The project aims to improve personalized healthcare through genetic analysis, with WellSpan ...

While estimates of total pregnancy losses vary considerably, about 15% of known pregnancies end in miscarriage, and many other conceptions do not survive past the very early stages of pregnancy. The ...