Unusual preservative in specimen jars proved to be a sweet solution for studying changes in genetic diversity among fish ...

Mikhail Karasikov and his colleagues at ETH Zurich worked on MetaGraph, a search engine designed for genomic databases containing massive troves of DNA and RNA sequences.

Faulty versions of the LMNA gene can cause a wide range of health problems, including heart muscle disease (dilated ...

"It’s a lose-lose scenario." Experts issue warning about misleading meat products at US grocery stores: 'Consumers who buy ...

By examining genomic variation more closely, scientists can now identify new disease connections with greater speed and accuracy. For centuries, scientists have recognized that certain illnesses can ...

This year, Littleford-Colquhoun joined researchers from Yellowstone National Park and Brown’s Genomic Opportunities Lab on a ...

Despite rapid advances in reading the genetic code of living organisms, scientists still face a major challenge today—knowing ...

Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a powerful new technology that can map the entire ...

Scientists have created a breakthrough technology that reveals the entire network of RNA-protein interactions in human cells, offering new insights into how diseases develop.

Shark meat, a culinary delicacy in parts of South America, Europe, Asia and Australia, may not be what it seems. Many shark ...

By combining the information storage capabilities of DNA with a design inspired by a cassette tape, researchers have created ...

Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps share 98.8% of their DNA. But is this actually true? And what does "similar ...