Twenty-two years after the completion of the Human Genome Project, scientists have unveiled the most expansive catalog of human genetic variation ever compiled. Across two new papers published ...

Loop formation in a simulated section of the genome. From left to right, more transposons in the shape of spheres have been inserted into the area. From top to bottom, simulations are shown, in which ...

Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia and affects more than a tenth of Americans aged 65 and older. The disease has proven difficult to develop new treatments for, and available ...

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 ...

Jerold Chun, MD, PhD, is a professor in the Center for Neurologic Diseases at Sanford Burnham Prebys and the senior and corresponding author of the manuscript. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common ...