The nation's pediatricians are getting new guidelines for how to go about evaluating children who present with global ...

Researchers in the UK have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from an individual who lived more than ...

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop.

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and ...

Cancer is not a welcome diagnosis, but breakthroughs in genetic sequencing and immunotherapy are making some cancers easier ...

Powerful new applications of what is known as next-generation sequencing are now helping with identification of degraded ...

When people think of DNA, they usually think of genes, the parts that code for proteins and drive inherited traits. But there ...

Every living cell must interpret its genetic code - a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions.

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

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

DNA is the building block of life — it can tell us a lot about both who we are, and who we may become. DNA is also, ...

Every living cell must interpret its genetic code—a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions. A ...