A decades-long NIH-backed effort to map the human genome has advanced our understanding of genetic risk factors and human ...

Discovering ultra-conserved elements in the genome and their role in limiting protein production in mice testes.

While our genes are not changed by life experiences, they can be tuned through a system known as epigenetics. In response to ...

Sequencing bacterial genomes allows scientists to study bacterial diversity, immunity, and the human microbiome, but it requires targeted technologies.

Famed chip maker and hardware giant Nvidia has been investing significant resources into the healthcare and life sciences ...

Weeds like Palmer amaranth make farming harder and less profitable, and available herbicides are becoming less effective. For ...

Researchers have sequenced the genomes of Palmer amaranth and other pigweed species, uncovering key mechanisms behind ...

Scientists across India sequenced genomes from dozens of communities as part of the Genome India Project, revealing insights ...

A new study involving UCL researchers has found 69 previously unidentified genetic determinants of rare disease, including ...

Pangolins are unique as they are the only mammal to be covered in scales. Even though they are scaly, photos of them are ...

Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and partners have produced complete, chromosome-level genomes ...