An analysis of bones from ancient people who once lived in Colombia has discovered DNA that does not directly connect them to ...
Some scientists looking to preserve vulnerable species have turned to a controversial technique: synthetic biology. This ...
Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is the only active, self-copying genetic element in the human ...
An international research team led by Hiroki Shibuya at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan has ...
Researchers extracted DNA from remains found at a Revolutionary War battle site and began comparing them to public records.
A new study shows that a short pulse of heat can reset and recharge these DNA circuits, letting them work again with little ...
US researchers create microscopic DNA “flowers” that mimic life, folding and unfolding to adapt and deliver medicine.
Scientists have long agreed that early humans mated with Neanderthals, but a pair of recent studies have shed light on when exactly this DNA mixing occurred. Such a revelation could help geneticists ...
Cancer’s genetic fingerprints may lurk in people’s blood long before they find out about the disease. It’s possible to spot tumor DNA more than three years before a person is diagnosed with cancer, ...