Two naturally mummified individuals buried roughly 7,000 years ago in a Libyan rock shelter have yielded ancient genomes that reveal a previously unknown, long-isolated North African lineage. The ...

Clinicians' ability to diagnose and treat chronic diseases is limited by scientific uncertainty around factors contributing to disease risk. A study published September 2 nd in the open-access journal ...

For more than 50 years, scientists have been freezing living cells from endangered species. Here’s how the Frozen Zoo® is meaningfully reshaping conservation.

Researchers have demonstrated a specific type of genetic variation in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) for the first time using advanced DNA sequencing technology. The findings support previous ...

The human genome is organised in 46 chromosomes, where all but the x and y chromosomes in men are present in two copies. This means that a person with a faulty gene on one chromosome most often has a ...

In an international study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified a gene variant that controls the body's ...

Researchers have significantly expanded the catalogue of known human genetic variation. The resulting datasets, shared in two back-to-back publications in the journal Nature, constitute what may be ...

Research into genetic variation and wool traits in sheep and goats has revealed critical insights into the structural composition and quality of animal fibres. Studies have focused on ...

Plants can carry long-lasting genetic damage from past population crashes, leaving them more vulnerable to future ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific has introduced a laboratory kit designed to extract protein, DNA and RNA from a single biological ...