Scientists have deciphered the genome of the bacterium behind the world's first recorded pandemic that swept through the eastern Mediterranean about 1,500 years ago. Researchers found Yersinia pestis, ...

A new study focused on multiple myeloma, the second most common blood cancer, may lead to better ways to group patients by ...

DNA doesn’t knot under stress. A new study finds it coils into plectonemes, reshaping models of genome mechanics. For decades ...

Unexpected slowdowns or spikes in this signal were often interpreted as knots in DNA. But now, a new study published Aug. 12 ...

Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, ...

A new analysis of ancient DNA and archaeology from Newgrange challenges the sensational idea that incestuous royals once ruled Neolithic Ireland. The experts argue that the famous skull fragment known ...

A new study by researchers from Montefiore’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine has found that a rare genetic mutation that ...

New analysis of a 140,000-year-old skull morphologically resembling modern humans and Neanderthals may be the earliest ...

Study of DNA repair boosts prospects for gene editing technology New tool offers ways to improve CRISPR gene-editing method Date: October 20, 2021 Source: Princeton University Summary: Researchers ...

What the Largest-Ever Study of Primate DNA Reveals About Ourselves The findings cover not only conservation and primate evolution, but also human health and diseases ...

Study of circular DNA comes full circle with use of old technique Date: September 11, 2017 Source: University of Texas at Dallas Summary: A 50-year-old lab technique is helping researchers better ...