The skin, hair and eye color of more than eight billion humans is determined by the light-absorbing pigment known as melanin. An article recently published in the journal Science features research ...

Since its introduction more than ten years ago, CRISPR technology has been used in a remarkable range of applications from biomedicine to food production. Now, a team of scientists from Stanford ...

Human skin, hair, and eyes come in a huge variety of colors, but until now, scientists have only known a fraction of the genetic diversity driving this variation. Now, new research finds many dozens ...