Genome

Health Study finds viral junk DNA plays critical role in human development

A new study reveals that ancient viral DNA in your genome isn’t useless—it helps control gene activity and shapes human development.

Health Global DNA study identifies 175,000+ variants affecting human diversity and disease risk

Discoveries 4,000-year-old skeletons reveal surprising origin of leprosy

Health How fast does human DNA mutate? Scientists finally know

Innovations Genomics Breakthrough: New Tool Streamlines DNA Research

Health Human genome mapping uncovers 50,000 mysterious DNA structures

Discoveries Earth’s oldest living creature unearthed—dating back 700 million years

Health Global study links height to heart, metabolic, and mental health risks

Innovations 5D memory crystal can store the entire human genome for billions of years

Discoveries Y chromosome: Researchers decipher the final piece of the human genome

Discoveries Reviving ancient life: Neanderthal bacteria resurrected

Discoveries Groundbreaking software assembles complete genome sequences on-demand

Discoveries First ever computer reconstructs a virus in its biological entirety

Discoveries Revolutionary new vaccine prevents diseases caused by DNA viruses

Discoveries The secret of a pearls beauty revealed for the first time

Discoveries New cancer treatments discovered in the “dark matter” of the human genome

Discoveries New discovery offers tantalizing clues about origins of complex life