In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

Who really won the race to decode the human genome? Inside the cut-throat competition that pushed forward the decoding of the ...

But the research topic is, for obvious reasons, controversial. Scientists have largely steered clear of trying to create full ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Biological science has made such astonishing leaps in the last few decades, such as precise gene editing, that scientists are ...

The Synthetic Human Genome, or Syn HG, a project launched on June 26th, aims to change that. Funded partly by Wellcome, a ...

Supported by the National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins researchers have created LiftOn, a new software tool that can ...

DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

As if sequencing a full human genome wasn't tricky enough, scientists are now attempting to reconstruct our species' genetic ...

Uncovering India's genetic richness through comprehensive genomic mapping reveals unique ancestry and health implications for ...

Human DNA contains roughly 3 billion letters of genetic code. However, we understand only a fraction of what this vast ...