Despite rapid advances in genome and exome sequencing, many individuals with rare diseases remain undiagnosed. In a ...

Life depends on genes being switched on and off at exactly the right time. Even the simplest living organisms do this, but ...

Feedback's proposal that the genome of the blue whale could be used to communicate the scale of large datasets is knocked ...

Inside every human cell, 2 meters of DNA is crammed into a nucleus that is only one-hundredth of a millimeter in diameter.To ...

Genetic factors contribute to some 30% of breast cancer cases in South Africa, necessitating investment in genomic research ...

It's not entirely understood why some children are born with orofacial clefts, such as cleft lip or palate. But a new study ...

Comb jellies "could repurpose [their] genetic toolkit in different ways like a Swiss knife," said the researchers.

The ancestor of the virus that causes COVID-19 left its point of origin in Western China or Northern Laos just several years ...

Life depends on genes being switched on and off at exactly the right time. Even the simplest living organisms do this, but usually over short ...

A forensic genetic genealogy team has uncovered a mystery behind a partial human skull found 32 years ago on a beach in ...

When one company proclaimed it had brought back the dire wolf, the response was joyous. But de-extinction remains a dangerous ...

The Y chromosome can disappear over time in human males, which may introduce a number of health problems. While the exact ...