The human genome encodes potentially thousands of tiny proteins that were previously overlooked. The search is on to find out ...

Scientists have long believed they understood how life’s genetic code evolved, but new research upends that assumption. By analyzing ancient protein sequences, researchers discovered that early life p ...

Depending on the definition, a gene may be considered a stretch of DNA that acts as instructions for protein production. Regions of DNA that do not code for proteins may also be considered genes if ...

Genes are segments of DNA on chromosomes that code for specific proteins. These proteins carry out various functions throughout your body and determine various traits, such as your eye color or ...

Most genes code for proteins, which are molecules that carry out vital functions in the body. If a gene is faulty or mutated, ...

People genetically susceptible to Huntington's disease often see their movement, mood, and cognition decline slowly over time ...

Researchers at Tufts University revealed a possible molecular mechanism explaining how the DNA repeats are broken and then expanded in the Huntington’s disease gene, pointing to a component of the ...

They found that while our genes code for almost all the same proteins as other apes, many of our genes are much more productive than those of other primates. Each gene tells a cell to make a ...

APOBEC enzymes, which normally help fight viral infections by mutating viral DNA, cause repeat expansions and are unusually ...