In the last decade, archaeologists have learned to read the genetic traces that ancient humans and Neanderthals left not only ...
Scientists organize millions of proteins by shape, as predicted by AI, revealing 700,000 new families and some shapes unique ...
DNA extracted from mosquito blood meals revealed traces of 86 vertebrate species, helping scientists track entire ecosystems.
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Hidden DNA weak spot near gene start mutates rapidly

These sequences are extremely prone to mutations and rank among the most functionally important regions in the entire human ...
Biopharma may see a happier year ahead in 2026 than in recent years, according to analysts at William Blair. For one thing, the industry’s top stocks have recovered from lows that stretched into last ...
Jeffrey Epstein's notorious US Virgin Islands retreat was sold to investor Stephen Deckoff for $60 million in 2022, who vowed ...
Scientists engineered stem cells with “interrupted” CAG repeats to break up the toxic stretch. This may stop expansion, and could improve problems in cells that model Huntington’s disease. This study ...
One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published ...
The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.
A team of researchers has generated one of the most detailed 3D maps of human chromosomes, cataloging over 140,000 DNA looping interactions.
AI maps fleeting DNA quadruplexes, revealing paired structures that control genes in healthy cells and cancer.
A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.