A six-part documentary traced the DNA Doe Project’s work with law enforcement to uncover identities, solve decades-old cold cases, and return dignity to the forgotten ...

An team of scientists found a family of genome sequences known as “transposable elements.” They play a vital role in gene expression.

Ancient DNA studies provide critical insights into human evolution and extinct species, leveraging advanced techniques to analyze degraded genetic material.

The ability extract DNA from sediment layers, particularly at a site like El Mirón Cave, give scientists the ability to examine human-animal habitation cycles as well as entire environments ...

Awakening human potential Most of the hibernator-associated changes in the genome appeared to "break" the function of specific pieces of DNA, rather than confer a new function.

A group of scientists in the United Kingdom are making synthetic human DNA from scratch in a world's first.

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and provides a road map to discover many more. The research could lead ...

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop. Until recently, many fast-changing parts of the human genome remained ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study published in Cell Genomics, researchers at Lund University in Sweden show ...

A research team has successfully identified a novel DNA damage repair pathway in human cells. This study is the first to discover that proteins present in the nuclear membrane of cells directly ...