When the world goes bad, some plants do something astonishing. They can’t run or hide, nor can they do much about changing ...

Researchers in the WashU Medicine Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences have discovered key neuroprotective genes ...

Scientists thought they had a working map of the human proteome. Some stretches of DNA made useful proteins, while a murkier, ...

UK government funding will enable whole-genome sequencing of 6000 patient samples, with researchers targeting immune and nervous system genes implicated in the disease.

In the last several years, large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and Bard have shown the world the astounding power of generative AI for language creation tools. However, some of the most exciting ...

J. Craig Venter, one of the lead scientists in sequencing the human genome and a pioneer of modern genomics, died on Wednesday, his research institute announced.

Long-distance gene control first emerged around 650 to 700 million years ago, significantly earlier than scientists had ...

Throughout history, most of the world's genomic research has relied on DNA data from people of European ancestry.

J. Craig Venter has died at 79. He mapped the first draft of the human genome. The J. Craig Venter Institute announced his ...

Venter redrew the boundaries of biology — sequencing DNA at unprecedented speed, engineering synthetic life and charting ocean microbes.

Pioneering scientist J. Craig Venter has died at 79. His "whole genome shotgun method" helped genome sequencing become faster and cheaper.

GeneDx plunged 50% after the Q1 miss and FY26 guide cut, but genome test volume rose 34% YoY. Click here to read an analysis ...