Human DNA recovered from remains found in Europe is revealing our species’ shared history with Neanderthals. The trove is the ...

Our understanding of the human genome has come a long way since the Human Genome Project was completed over 20 years ago. Back then, scientists believed they had mapped all the protein-coding genes in ...

A new analysis of DNA from ancient modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Europe and Asia has determined, more precisely than ever, ...

A research team has recently constructed a global polymorphism genetic map of variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs), termed ...

The study authors found the shark’s genome to be extraordinarily large, twice as long as a human’s and bigger than any other shark genome sequenced to date. The researchers are analyzing the ...

The endeavor is similar in scale and scope to the Human Genome Project, which took two decades to complete. “Cells are the basic unit of life, and when things go wrong, they go wrong with our ce ...

Illumina Vice President of Bioinformatics James Han has been in the industry for decades—so he’s witnessed every stride the ...

Bedbugs. Just mentioning the tiny, biting insects that live on human blood and infest mattresses, couches, and bedding ...

Our summary of, and thoughts on, the recently published WHO principles for human genome data collection, access, use and ...

The case was confirmed on Friday. Since April 2024, 61 human cases of H5N1 bird flu have been reported nationwide. Partial ...

ABOVE: Scientists are exploring the relationship between the expression of ancient viral DNA and neurodegenerative disease ...