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

Human DNA contains roughly 3 billion letters of genetic code. However, we understand only a fraction of what this vast ...

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

Scientists start a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life, in what is thought to be a world first.

The Synthetic Human Genome Project (SynHG) will take decades to complete and cost anything from millions to hundreds of ...

It is one of the biggest jobs in youth football but what is required of the person to take over United's academy?

For example, Neanderthal DNA may play a small role in swaying the course of Covid-19 infection, according to a September 2020 study. Ad Feedback. Ad Feedback. Ad Feedback.

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

DNA origami and beyond. A) DNA octahedron that inspired development of DNA origami. B) 2D DNA origami (smiley face serves as an example). C) Hollow 3D DNA origami shapes that are folded from 2D ...

By Abhishyant Kidangoor Tyler Kartzinel likens protecting biodiversity to enhancing cellphone networks. His analogy is pretty ...

More shared DNA generally indicates a closer relationship; for example, a parent and their child will share around 47.5% to 50% of their DNA, while grandparents and grandchildren, aunts and uncles ...

The most important goal is to build a reference DNA sequence for species similar in genetic makeup—that is, those in a “family.” Reference genomes are incredibly important for genetic studies. True to ...