The Fascination with Neanderthals Begins For many, the name Neanderthals conjures images of hairy, robust humans who walked ...

By treating DNA as a language, Brian Hie’s “ChatGPT for genomes” could pick up patterns that humans can’t see, accelerating ...

Scientists reveal new insights into the hidden processes driving human genetic variation with the first complete human DNA ...

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), the molecular "blueprint" carrying the genetic instructions that influence the growth, ...

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As she worked at her computer, the results revealed the sample she was examining contained human DNA. There was nothing so unusual about that in itself: at the time, the ancient DNA (aDNA ...

A new study claims to have identified the first speakers of Indo-European language, which gave rise to English, Sanskrit and ...

“It’s almost like you’re changing tires while you’re driving.” Unraveling DNA polymerase’s activity can help scientists better understand DNA replication and repair and explore how these processes ...

In a groundbreaking shift in our understanding of mutations, researchers have discovered types of DNA damage in healthy cells that can remain unrepaired for years. While most types of DNA damage are ...

Research in genetics and biotechnology has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent years, offering new hope for the treatment ...

Until now, researchers believed that these so-called SMC motors that make loops into DNA could move in one direction only. The discovery, which is published in Cell, is key to understanding how ...