A pair of papers published this week in the two leading scientific journals mark the completion of the Human Genome Project and the start of a new project to find all of the functional elements in ...

According to a recent international study, fragments of ancient viral DNA once considered "junk" may in fact play a role in ...

“While the rest of the genome shuffles between the maternal and paternal origins, centromeres are inherited intact: one from ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes.

Scientists in Colombia have discovered a previously unknown lineage of human beings after fully sequencing the DNA of ancient ...

Researchers have found that nearly three-quarters of the population carry newly identified genetic elements called Inocles, which may influence oral health, immunity, and cancer risk. Researchers at t ...

Around 8 percent of human DNA is made up of genetic sequences acquired from ancient viruses. These sequences, known as human endogenous retroviruses (or Hervs), date back hundreds of thousands to ...

Scientists say a study that sequenced human cancers found far less microbial DNA sequences than earlier studies reported in ...