While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have ...

After 10 years, members of the 4D Nucleome consortium have successfully completed the first phase of a project that aims to ...

The first phase of the U.K. synthetic human genome project has successfully completed, realizing key steps in chromosome synthesis. The work has demonstrated a multistep method for transfecting mouse ...

Imagine if you could fix a spelling mistake in a long document with just one click. Now, imagine doing the same with the genetic code of a plant or even a human cell. That’s ...

The human genome contains approximately 1,600 types of transcription factors responsible for regulating gene activity across ...

Research shows synthetic chromosomes can be transferred to human cells with potential to improve viral resistance ...

BioQuest announced the “completion of a draft reference genome for the critically endangered Bermuda Cedar [Juniperus ...

Lindberg had Parkinson’s disease, the neurologist said, with all the classic symptoms. PD—as the scientists she would meet ...

In one of the largest African ancient-DNA studies to date, geneticists from Uppsala University, Sweden, and an archaeologist from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, analysed the DNA of 28 ...

The rapid expansion of high-throughput sequencing technologies has generated unprecedented amounts of multi-omics data, ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...