The ability to quickly and affordably survey a patient's entire genome is expected to accelerate research, diagnostics, and ...

Advances in genome assembly methods helped researchers complete reference genomes for humans, marmosets, songbirds, and more, accelerating genomic research.

A few brown tree snakes managed to trigger one of the most damaging wildlife invasions on Guam, and scientists now have a ...

Researchers sequenced the genomes of three medaka, or Japanese rice fish, a common model organism used in biological research ...

Blended genome–exome sequencing reads key regions deeply and the rest of the genome shallowly, cutting costs and ancestry ...

Researchers sequenced the genomes of three medakas, or Japanese rice fish, which are a common model organism used for ...

Before Homo sapiens underwent its major expansion beyond Africa, our ancestors may have encountered another human population. They may also have interbred with it. We don’t know what these people look ...

Lung infections are a constant risk for people living with cystic fibrosis (CF), a life-threatening genetic disorder that ...

Forensic DNA evidence tampering is no longer theoretical: researchers showed AI-assisted code can silently alter crime-lab ...

On Aug. 1, 1993, the body of an unidentified man was found in about three feet of water near Lock and Dam #13 in Barling. More than three decades later, the Barling Police Department is asking for ...

Aging leaves telltale marks on DNA, and for the first time, scientists have used those molecular signatures to create a model that predicts the age of sharks.

A couple of decades after the discovery of systems that could selectively target DNA, we’re starting to see the first therapies based on gene editing. One challenge these developments have faced is ...