New research from King's College London has revealed a connection between ancient viral DNA embedded in the human genome and ...

DRB1*01:03 genetic variant is associated with severe ulcerative colitis, significantly raising the risk of major surgeries ...

Scientists from the UAB and Iowa State University have generated the genome assemblies of two hidden-neck turtles. The ...

Turmoil at 23andMe, and a lawsuit alleging that GEDmatch shares data with Facebook, highlights how far your genetic ...

Ever since recombinant DNA has been used to develop and manufacture vaccines, antivaxxers have portrayed it as evil. This ...

Researchers discovered that PLK1 triggers a process ensuring centromere preservation during cell division by activating the ...

Thomas Collier Jordan recently was tied to a woman's rape and murder and a teen's rape in 1987 in Ohio, by DNA testing. He ...

This valuable study addresses potential roles of the master regulator of X chromosome inactivation, the Xist long non-coding RNA, in autosomal gene regulation. Using data from mouse cells, the authors ...

Researchers found a higher concentration of a specific kind of DNA -- extrachromosomal or ecDNA -- in more aggressive and advanced cancers that could mark them as targets for future therapies. They ...

Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks ...

If you’re an owner of both cats and dogs, you may have found yourself wondering at some point, if it was possible for cats ...