Three start-ups are aiming to create gene-edited babies. Columnist Michael Le Page has no doubt that editing our offspring ...

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

A single microscopic change in our DNA can permanently alter how the brain is built, locking in developmental problems that ...

A recent study finds that certain psychiatric disorders have considerable genetic overlap. But these genes aren’t the whole ...

Matthew Herper covers medical innovation — both its promise and its perils. It has been a tough year for medicine. The U.S.

Gene editing has moved from theory to bedside with a speed that would have seemed impossible a decade ago. A new wave of ...

Even as humpbacks rebound in number, their genomes reveal a loss of genetic diversity and a buildup of harmful mutations left ...

Using cancer’s own survival tricks against it, scientists may have found a new way to stay one step ahead of the disease.

Around 200 children in several countries were conceived with sperm from a single donor who unknowingly carried a rare genetic ...

Despite a Trump administration push, there are few facilities offering the complex treatment in the rural areas where many ...

Tanning bed users are known to have a higher risk of skin cancer, but for the first time researchers have found that young ...

Advances delivered what may feel like medical miracles, including the first bladder transplant, a lifesaving personalized ...