Imagine that you want to know the plot of a movie, but you only have access to either the visuals or the sound. With visuals ...

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 ...

The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...

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

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

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

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.

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

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...