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 ...

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

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

So much science starts with deciphering a genome, the blueprint for every being on Earth. With such roadmaps in hand, ...

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

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

Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the ...

Utz is a science communicator, public historian, and archivist, formerly at the National Human Genome Research Institute. I’d be willing to bet that most of the U.S. population above the age of ...

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

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