A DNA analysis of soil from a Turkish cave revealed an ancient medicine used to treat digestive health issues 5,000 years ago ...

A new blood-based HPV whole genome sequencing assay can detect circulating tumor HPV DNA more than 7 years before the ...

Recent groundbreaking research into ape genomes has uncovered mysterious non-human DNA structures that challenge our ...

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

Aging, neurological diseases and our bodies' stress response are all linked to the tiny power plants inside each cell known ...

The DNA tissue sample taken from a baby left in an Iowa City landfill in 1992 was so "degraded and contaminated" that ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Nature Communications, reveals that cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK) ...

Uptake of cell-free chromatin particles released from dying cells and carrying non-coding DNA could redefine mammalian genomics.

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 ...

The Atlas blue butterfly has 229 chromosome pairs, the most of any animal, and its DNA may reveal insights into evolution and ...

A groundbreaking project is piecing together Leonardo da Vinci’s genetic profile by tracing his lineage across 21 generations ...

On remote islands of Papua New Guinea, people carry a story that ties us all back to our deepest roots. Although their ...