Genes inherited from the now-extinct Denisovans are actively playing a role in the immune system of some people from Oceania.

The skull of a girl, aged 9-11, who died with a Y. pestis infection around 5,500 years ago. (Angela Lieverse) Long before it ...

I N 2011 A team of geneticists managed to recover centuries-old DNA from the teeth of bodies that had been buried in East ...

Communities sharing similar burial customs were not always organized in the same way.

ShellBank uses DNA to trace sea turtle origins, reveal global connections, and help scientists protect endangered populations ...

Scientists have discovered that a gene normally considered a DNA-protecting "good guy" can become dangerous when cells make too much of it. The gene, EXO1, acts like molecular scissors that help ...

In just a few decades, DNA sequencing technologies evolved from slow, manual processes to rapid, automated ones, making ...

Swansea University has helped uncover a surprising new role for platelets—one that could significantly advance early cancer detection. The study, led by the University of Oxford and published in ...

Most animals straightforwardly inherit their genetic material. DNA passes from parent to offspring, generation after ...

Scaffolded DNA and RNA origami is a technique that allows scientists to build tiny, highly precise two- and three-dimensional ...

Silicon chips have powered computing for half a century. Increasingly, they are also becoming platforms to read and ...

Parental DNA has an additional influence on children's outcomes. Even genes a child doesn't inherit have an effect on health ...