This was a crucial moment in our evolutionary history, but it also marked a significant change in our relationship to ...

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Immune disorders are a leading cause of morbidity and long-term health challenges among children worldwide. Recent decades ...

Carl Zimmer writes about the results of a new genetic study of humans and the diseases that afflicted us over the past 37,000 year ...

Personalized CRISPR cures for children born with rare genetic diseases are now a step closer to being more widely available.