Genetics

  1. Genetics

    Genealogy databases could reveal the identity of most Americans

    Keeping your DNA private is getting harder.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Plants

    Gene editing can speed up plant domestication

    CRISPR/Cas9 replays domestication to make better ground cherries and tomatoes.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Genetics

    Smuggling a CRISPR gene editor into staph bacteria can kill the pathogen

    A new way fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria co-opts toxin-producing genes.

    By Laurel Hamers
  4. Genetics

    Ibrahim Cissé unlocks cells’ secrets using physics

    Biophysicist Ibrahim Cissé finds clues in raindrops and morning dew about how genes are activated.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. Animals

    Jenny Tung wants to know how social stresses mess with genes

    Evolutionary anthropologist Jenny Tung is untangling the many health effects of life as a social animal.

    By Susan Milius
  6. Genetics

    In lab tests, this gene drive wiped out a population of mosquitoes

    For the first time, a gene drive caused a population crash of mosquitoes in a small-scale test.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  7. Life

    DNA from seized elephant ivory unmasks 3 big trafficking cartels in Africa

    Scientists can sleuth out wildlife crime and aid law enforcement by tracing elephant DNA from ivory seizures back to the source.

    By Laurel Hamers
  8. Genetics

    A recount of human genes ups the number to at least 46,831

    A new estimate of the number of human genes adds in some RNA-producing genes.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  9. Genetics

    German skeletons hint that medieval warrior groups recruited from afar

    Graveyard finds may come from an ancient European warrior household with political pull.

    By Bruce Bower
  10. Health & Medicine

    Teens born from assisted pregnancies may have higher blood pressure

    Kids born from reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization are susceptible to high blood pressure as adolescents, a small study finds.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  11. Health & Medicine

    CRISPR gene editing relieves muscular dystrophy symptoms in dogs

    Scientists have used CRISPR’s molecular scissors in beagle puppies to repair a genetic mutation that causes muscular dystrophy.

    By Laurel Hamers
  12. Humans

    Meet the first known child of a Neandertal and a Denisovan

    DNA analysis of a bone fragment reveals Neandertal movements between Siberia and western Europe.

    By Tina Hesman Saey