Scientists have uncovered thousands of bacterial DNA fragments hidden inside cockroaches for millions of years. The ...

For more than three decades, researchers studying genomes have relied on foundational resources such as Repbase and, more ...

Base editing, the process used to make the changes, only nicks one strand of DNA, avoiding the major DNA errors that made ...

At Baylor Genetics, we believe the biggest leap forward for rare disease diagnosis will happen when WGS becomes the standard ...

Deep within tropical forests, sloths move at a pace that seems almost frozen in time. Their slow movements, low energy use, ...

Amid the peatlands of northern Sweden, billions of microbes are quietly rewriting their genetic playbooks—and doing so far more often than scientists realized.

The US Endangered Species Act compels the government to identify species at risk of extinction and devise plans to restore ...

The remains of Revolutionary War soldier Private John Pumphrey have been identified through extensive DNA analysis, linking ...

Carrie Reeves was about three years old when her mother disappeared. Over 40 years later, Reeves learned that wasn't what happened at all, thanks to advancements in forensic genetic technology.

ELSI Working Group. 1994. Statement on The Bell Curve. https://www.genome.gov/sites/default/files/archiespace2024-03/ELSI%20WG%20Bell%20Curve.pdf Genetic Science ...

This is your regular reminder that science is a many-splendoured thing.

Then advances in ancient DNA revealed a story of this child, buried over ten thousand years ago. It was a story far greater than anyone could have guessed. The child known to archaeologists as the ...