Illumina, which specializes in DNA sequencing, will work on samples representing 1,300 species in the San Diego Zoo Wildlife ...

When scientists sequence tumor DNA, they typically find small amounts of genetic code from bacteria, viruses and fungi – microorganisms that, if actually present in tumor tissues, could influence how ...

Over the past two decades, researchers have learned that DNA inside the cell nucleus naturally folds into a network of ...

Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced a sequencing agreement with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (SDZWA)’s Frozen Zoo®. The 50-year-old biobank is the world’s most comprehensive and diverse ...

For decades, biologists have known that the instructions for life are written in DNA, yet the vast majority of those letters seemed to sit in the dark, doing little that was obvious. Now a new ...

Ancient DNA from a 5,500-year-old skeleton in Colombia reveals the oldest genome of "Treponema pallidum" yet, sharpening ...

Every year, millions of newborns undergo routine screening as a preventive strategy to detect inherited disorders before ...

Four decades after his teen victim escaped, new DNA has identified another woman tied to John Crutchley — the Space Coast’s ...

An infection with Epstein-Barr virus is a nonevent for most people. But for a subset, the virus can contribute to chronic ...

Gene therapy holds the promise of preventing and curing disease by manipulating gene expression within a patient's cells. However, to be effective, the new gene must make it into a cell's nucleus. The ...