The human genome is riddled with relics of viral infections—bits of DNA from viruses that have been inserted in human DNA ...

Scientists are hopeful it will improve understanding of how genes work, what goes wrong in disease, and how to fix it.

Oxford and Cambridge researchers who produced the image map which uncovers the secrets of why humans get disease say it ...

Usually, when a small group of animals becomes isolated on an island, they lose genetic diversity. This puzzling little ...

A collaboration led by Max Delbrück Center and University of Bath has uncovered how ancient viral DNA controls a gene linked ...

Ultra-low-pass whole genome sequencing (ULP-WGS) of circulating tumor DNA appears to provide important prognostic information regarding patients with large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL), according to ...

An international team led by researchers from King's College London (KCL) has now found that stubbornly persistent blood ...

MIT researchers discovered that the genome’s 3D structure doesn’t vanish during cell division as previously thought. Instead, ...

Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionize the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of ...

Women who consumed more ultra-processed foods (UPFs) showed distinct DNA methylation patterns, mostly reduced across key gene ...

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

New scientific article warns of loss of consumer trust unless proper analysis is done. Report: Claire Robinson ...