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Recent discoveries provide new insights into why Neanderthals became extinct around 40,000 years ago. Specifically, a study ...

Next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) has transformed the way scientists understand genetics. With the ability to sequence DNA ...

To investigate the archaic ancestry of the living human population, Akey and Vernot set to work searching for Neanderthal DNA in modern genomes. They developed a statistical approach to identify ...

Researchers have successfully employed an algorithm to identify potential mutations which increase disease risk in the noncoding regions our DNA, which make up the vast majority of the human genome.

Testing SMA patient DNA with advanced methods like HapSMA can reveal genetic changes that affect how severe the disease is, ...

Most cells in the human body each contain about six feet of DNA. Yet the nucleus, where DNA is coiled, is no larger than a ...

Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of ...

A new set of genes that contribute to Parkinson’s disease risk has been identified.

23andMe exploded into the mainstream with its at-home DNA testing kits that gave customers insight into their family ...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit organization defending civil liberties, argues that law enforcement use of ...