Research shows synthetic chromosomes can be transferred to human cells with potential to improve viral resistance ...

More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...

Around 98.5% of human DNA is non-coding, meaning it doesn’t get copied to make proteins. A new study has connected many of these non-coding regions to the genes they affect and laid out guidelines for ...

An international research team at the University of Hong Kong has discovered a human protein known as ANKLE1, which is ...

DNA from prehistoric and modern-day people suggests that humans interbred with Neanderthals 47,000 years ago for a period lasting 6,800 years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Nanoplastics formed from everyday single-use PET bottles can directly interfere with essential biological systems in the ...

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A 2015 report published by a private genomics testing company found that 2% of 345 hot dogs tested contained traces of human DNA. However, it was unclear whether that report was a peer-reviewed study, ...