DNA Study Reveals Clues about Primate Evolution
In a new DNA study, an international team of scientists reveal clues to human and ape evolution, finding that the evolutionary history of ancestral great…
In a new DNA study, an international team of scientists reveal clues to human and ape evolution, finding that the evolutionary history of ancestral great…
A newly published study suggests that life on Earth may have started as a result of icy comets that crashed into Earth billions of years…
A team of Russian scientists has discovered the remains of a female mammoth with blood and muscle tissue. Russian scientists have claimed to have discovered…
An international team of researchers used ancient DNA to reconstruct the first high-resolution genetic record of modern European lineages through time, observing both human DNA…
In a new study, scientists were able to predict survival rates among patients with heart disease based on the length of strands of DNA found…
Analyses of ancient DNA, which had been extracted from the leg bone of an early modern human living some 40,000 years ago near Beijing, revealed…
University of Cambridge scientists have published a new study showing that four-stranded ‘quadruple helix’ DNA structures, known as G-quadruplexes, exist within the human genome. In…
A new study from researchers at Harvard University shows that rates of protein synthesis are affected by environmental perturbations, resulting in certain sequences that manufacture…
Researchers at UCLA have shown that body-fat responses to high-fat, high-sugar diets have a very strong genetic component and have identified several genetic factors potentially…
Genome-sequencing data indicates that sponges were preceded by ctenophores, complex marine predators also called comb jellies. The scientists presented their findings at the annual meeting…
When blowflies and flesh flies settle on dead animals, they aren’t just feasting on the carrion, they are in fact sampling their DNA. Scientists have…
The UK has planned to fully sequence the genome of 100,000 Britons with cancer and rare diseases in an effort to decode their DNA, and…
Sequencing DNA is nothing new, but it’s much harder to sequence the DNA of a single cell. In order to get enough DNA for sequencing,…
A new study indicates that DNA strands can be coaxed to fold into shapes in a matter of minutes. This could speed up progress in…
An international team has produced a rough draft of wheat’s DNA sequence. The draft identifies many of its genes and makes it possible to identify…
The structure of DNA was originally discovered by using X-ray crystallography, which involves scattering X-rays off atoms in crystallized arrays of DNA to form complex…
Human populations have grown exponentially in the past 5,000 years, and new genetic mutations arise in each new generation. Humans have a vast abundance of…
A new vaccine strategy, which uses synthetic messenger RNA (mRNA) instead of proteins purified from viruses, could make flu shots cheaper, safer, and easier to…