With almost all of its citizens’ genes already sequenced in a national database, it’s the test case for an ambitious—and, to ...

Illumina Inc. said the Chinese government has lifted a ban on the company selling its DNA sequencing machines inside the ...

Researchers set a new world record for the fastest DNA sequencing, completing a whole genome in under four hours—a ...

ETH Zurich scientists have created “MetaGraph,” a revolutionary DNA search engine that functions like Google for genetic data. By compressing global genomic datasets by a factor of 300, it allows ...

At times, aging doesn’t become evident in wrinkles or in gray hair, it occurs deep inside your body, in cells that have ceased to divide but are still alive. These “zombie cells,” or senescent cells ...

Every cell in the body has the same DNA, but different cell types—such as muscle or brain cells—use different parts of it.

Genomes are key to unlocking life's evolutionary history. The presence and absence of certain genetic sequences and mutations ...

Researchers have discovered giant DNA structures in oral bacteria, and data hint they could influence the function of your ...

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 ...