Human Spotlight

No one’s DNA has ever been private, writes Pop Sci’s Erin Biba—we spray it everywhere when our skin cells slough ...

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital report a medical first: lab-grown kidneys successfully transplanted into rats, where they functioned properly -- ...

US Supreme Court justices will not issue a decision until later this year — probably near the end of June ...

The following is an excerpt. A team of researchers from the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine are currently under fire ...

Are human genes patentable? The question is becoming less relevant as biotech patents move more toward completely synthetic genes and ...

The Supreme Court is poised to take up the highly charged question of whether human genes can be patented. But ...

Obama’s recently announced effort to map the human brain and the parallel European efforts (the Human Brain Project), are taking ...

New insights into how genes are triggered in times of stress suggest that we should be paying attention to the ...

Mutations in a gene called PCSK9 give African Americans extremely low ‘bad cholesterol’ and a 90 percent reduced risk of ...

Robert Edwards, whose pioneering in vitro fertilization research led to the first test tube baby and has since brought millions ...

The study of human evolution allows us to “to discover more profound implications about ourselves and our essential natures”, writes ...

In calling DNA-based ancestry tests 'astrology,' geneticist Mark Thomas wrongfully overlooks legitimate, peer-reviewed research ...

Conservation workers will this week seek help from an unlikely set of allies. They will ask researchers working on synthetic ...

Imagine a biosynthetic hardware store, where researchers can cherry-pick exactly the correct parts to build whatever they’d like. Just as ...

Do patients have a right to not know what's written in their genes? The DNA Exchange explains doctors' new genetic ...

Our usual measures of intelligence – particularly IQ – have very little to do with irrational, illogical behaviors. You really ...

Scientists use genetics to uncover the "smoking gun" in the crossing-over of antibiotic resistance from livestock to human ...

We are in the early stages a personalized medicine revolution, but progress comes with growing pains -- in this case, ...

The U.S. government is looking to animal-machine hybrids to safeguard the country and its citizens. The same advances that have ...

A new platform will help consumers control what offers they get from retailers based on their genetic makeup ...

Thanks to a new method of gene expression quality control, the next industrial revolution could be biological ...

University of Georgia researchers recently used the mighty Pyrococcus furiosus, which usually eats carbohydrates and lives in super-heated waters or ...

The Lackses’ experiences over the last 60 years foretold nearly every major ethical issue raised by research on human tissues ...

De-extinction -- the revival of extinct species through biotechnology -- is an intoxicating idea. Who doesn't want the chance to ...

Two of biotechnology’s most prolific and far-sighted researchers say they’re teaming up to start a company that intends to rewrite ...

Are the human sexes distinct in their math abilities? In their reading abilities? Sex differences in math and reading scores ...

The utility of whole genome sequencing is debated, but Lily Grossman's story offers compelling evidence for its potential ...