Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and open science that the Human Genome Project helped promote.

Researchers from the University of Maryland's Department of Nutrition and Food Science are shedding new light on how a ...

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

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

When genetic sequencing of the human genome began in earnest in the 1990s, autism researchers hoped to identify the genetic cause—or more likely, causes—of the condition. “Twenty years ago the ...

New high-throughput format expands the SimpleCell product line, empowering researchers to run larger, more complex studies ...

In a routine blood test that turned extraordinary, French scientists have identified the world’s newest and rarest blood ...

With the initiative, families can have their baby’s full genetic code sequenced at no cost to identify potentially serious ...

In a routine blood test that turned extraordinary, French scientists have identified the world's newest and rarest blood ...

As tempting as it is to find out if you descended from some grand poobah in Scandinavia or if your real great (x10) grandmother was Catherine the Great, the implications of a fine recently levied ...

USAMRIID recently demonstrated its ability to rapidly deploy comprehensive biosurveillance overseas as part of AFRICOM's ...

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