Frequent burn exposure may have driven human genetic adaptations that improve healing but worsen severe injury outcomes.

Researchers have mapped how "histone bivalency" acts as a molecular clock for brain development. By holding genes in a poised state, this mechanism ensures neurons mature only after completing ...

The protein nanoparticles could help doctors treat cancer and genetic diseases without using modified viruses, which ...

A major medical milestone took place in May 2025, when doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR-based gene editing to treat a child with a rare genetic disorder. Unlike earlier ...

His method of locating genes in human DNA allowed researchers to find disease-causing genes, and later to map the entire, ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

We've long assumed our species evolved from a tidy, single stream of ancestors. But life on Earth is never quite so straightforward, especially not when it comes to the most socially complex species ...

Why are some people unable to hear from birth, even though their inner ear appears intact? One possible cause lies in the ...

The mechanisms behind the development of human language are one of the great mysteries of primate evolution. Biologists have identified certain genes that play a role in human speech and are ...