A large-scale Mendelian randomization study found no genetic evidence that vitamins A, C, or D reduce the risk of major ...

We don't know exactly why men are taller than women on average, but we have some genetic clues. On average, human males tend ...

Scientists have identified dozens of human proteins that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, depends on to replicate ...

As the new pangenome incorporates more diverse genetic sequences, it also adds 119 million base pairs to the previously known 3.2 billion base pairs that make up the human genome.

Creating genomes from DNA is hugely important for managing threatened species—understanding their past and how they have ...

Clinical applications of germline genome editing are now possible and there is an urgent need to examine the potential of this new technology. Many scientific and medical questions about the ...

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...

But the research topic is, for obvious reasons, controversial. Scientists have largely steered clear of trying to create full ...

In collaboration with the International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB), Genome Research publishes a collection of 20 computational methods and their ...

In a groundbreaking scientific discovery, an international research team has successfully sequenced the first whole ancient ...

The editors at the international journal, Science, have compiled their list of the Top 10 scientific developments for the year 2000, placing genome sequencing first on the list. Science’s Top 10 ...

This undated image made available by the National Human Genome Research Institute shows the output from a DNA sequencer. In research published in the journal Science on Thursday, March 31, 2022 ...