Powerful new applications of what is known as next-generation sequencing are now helping with identification of degraded ...

Scientists with the NIH-backed SMaHT Network are mapping every DNA mutation in the human body, creating a groundbreaking ...

Researchers working on an incurable blood cancer can now use a new lab model that could make testing potential new treatments ...

The Synthetic Human Genome, or Syn HG, a project launched on June 26th, aims to change that. Funded partly by Wellcome, a ...

Rett syndrome is a devastating rare genetic childhood disorder primarily affecting girls. Merely 1 out of 10,000 girls are ...

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

The Synthetic Human Genome Project is working to build synthetic human DNA but who is asking how this science will impact ...

The detailed reconstruction brings the prehistoric hunter-gatherer to life, revealing an intriguing set of features.