Whole genome sequencing allows us look at lots of different genes with one single test. In this blog, we explain what it’s ...

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

IT has become widely accepted that within a cell genetic information is coded in the sequence of bases in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), that DNA can direct the synthesis both of itself and of ...

A new type of cat coat color has officially been discovered. Named salmiak, or ‘salty liquorice,’ the cats have hair strands ...

In horse DNA, researchers found what looked like a catastrophic error: a premature stop codon — a three-letter genetic sequence (UGA) that tells the cell’s protein-making machinery to stop translating ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have found a pattern of so-called epigenetic “marks” in a transition state between normal and pancreatic cancer cells in mice, and that the normal cells may ...

The method uses modern genetic sequence samples, estimates all of the locations of an individual's genetic ancestors, identifies the average location of those individuals based on assumptions ...

Of course, different genetic systems react differently to such ... in which all descendants inherited a well-defined DNA sequence. To measure mutation rates using this method, one first needs ...

DNA data is particularly sensitive because each person's sequence is unique, meaning it can never be fully anonymized, according to the National Human Genome Research Institute. If genetic data ...

However, epigenetic variation does not involve changes to the genetic sequence that makes up DNA. Instead, like punctuation and highlights in a text, these epigenetic markers and modifications in ...

Hidden within the genetic code lies the "triplet code," a series of three nucleotides that determine a single amino acid. How did scientists discover and unlock this amino acid code? Once the ...

Regeneron and GlaxoSmithKline have joined forces to generate genetic sequence data from the 500,000 volunteers in the UK’s Biobank database. The companies hope the initiative will give insights ...