Your brain has its own elite defense team — and new research shows these "guardian" cells might be the real battleground for ...

PacBio develops the Platinum Pedigree benchmark, a new standard for accurate characterization of variation in the human genome.

The human genome consists of 3 billion base pairs, and when a cell divides, it takes about seven hours to complete making a ...

Ancient viruses left a legacy in your DNA. And it turns out, that legacy may be helping shape who you are.

Animals that hibernate are incredibly resilient. They can spend months without food or water, muscles refusing to atrophy, ...

Proteins sustain life as we know it, serving many important structural and functional roles throughout the body. But these ...

Animals that hibernate are incredibly resilient. They can spend months without food or water, muscles refusing to atrophy, ...

Sequences Deemed as ‘Junk DNA’ Play Prominent Role in the Functioning of Human Physiology, Study Suggests A genetic mystery has possibly been resolved by a team of international researchers. This ...

An team of scientists found a family of genome sequences known as “transposable elements.” They play a vital role in gene ...

A research team from National Taiwan University, Academia Sinica, and National Taiwan University Hospital has uncovered a ...

One person's junk is another's treasure. An international team of scientists have found that strings of "junk" DNA that were ...