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. A ...

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

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, ...

From DNA sequencing to fingerprint analysis, forensic scientists are using groundbreaking new tools to stop animal ...

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

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA sequencing reveals how these two populations also intermingled.

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

He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...

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

MicroGenDX Ushers in Next-Day NGS Results ORLANDO, FLORIDA / ACCESS Newswire / July 7, 2025 / MicroGenDX, a national leader ...

Males imprint their DNA by adding methyl modifications to it in a way that alters the activity of genes in order to promote ...