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 ...

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

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.

An ambitious new research project, SynHG (Synthetic Human Genome), is aiming to develop the foundational and scalable tools, ...

Experts share their insights with The i Paper as the UK becomes home to the first major project looking to write human DNA ...

The mitochondrial genome has long been implicated in age-related disease, but no studies have examined its role in the relationship of long-term fine particle (PM2.5) exposure and DNA methylation age ...

Scientists start a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life, in what is thought to be a world first.

DNA–protein cross-links are formed upon exposure of cellular DNA to various agents, including antitumor drugs, UV light, transition metals, and reactive oxygen species. They are thought to contribute ...

The advent of accessible DNA paternity testing has sparked nothing short of a social revolution. What began as a specialised medical procedure confined to hospital laboratories and criminal ...