Across two new papers published Wednesday (July 23) in the journal Nature, scientists sequenced the DNA of 1,084 people ...

Around 45 percent of human DNA is made up of transposable elements, or TEs—genetic leftovers from now-extinct viruses that ...

Complex regions of the human genome remained uncharted, even after researchers sequenced the genome in its entirety. That is, ...

An international team of scientists has decoded some of the most stubborn, overlooked regions of the human genome using ...

Scientists have reached a new milestone in decoding the human genome, unlocking complex regions once believed to be too ...

Completed in 2003, the Human Genome Project gave us the first sequence of the human genome, albeit based on DNA from a small ...

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain ...

Sanjana discusses the large question his lab is trying to answer: "How can we efficiently identify which regions or genome drive disease?" ...

The UAE Pangenome Reference is freely available to support research into genetic disorders, disease predisposition, and population health.

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian, who lived when the earliest pyramids were built ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the potential ancestry of those who belonged to the enduring civilization.

Scientists involved in the Human Genome Project have sequenced about 85 percent of the human genome and continue to generate new sequence data at a rapid pace. Haussler’s group will rerun their ...