The South American lungfish genome, the largest animal genome sequenced at 91 billion base pairs, has been fully decoded.

The gut microbiome - made up of trillions of microbes in the digestive tract - is vital for digestion and overall health. Diet and medication shape these microbial ecosystems, but the contribution of ...

A collaborative study from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and Imperial College London has found that the ...

Researchers analyzed 333 Italian centenarians and compared their genetic composition to 103 ancient genomes to investigate ...

A groundbreaking genetic study has revealed that Italians who reach 100 carry significantly more ancient Western hunter-gatherer DNA than their younger counterparts. The research, published in ...

A new genome-wide mapping method finally shows how thousands of genes connect to drive disease. Biomedical researchers are working intensively to identify the genes that contribute to disease, with ...

In genetics, scientists must analyze the genomes of millions, if not billions, of people, each carrying millions of variants. It’s an unfathomable amount of data. Which leads us to another central ...

Italian brown bears have some remarkable characteristics. Learn more about these bears and how several factors made them docile.

An analysis of DNA from millions of individuals has identified shared genetic pathways across psychiatric disorders, findings ...

Reliance Industries is planning to enter another market-disrupting sector by offering genomic diagnostic tests at prices below Rs 1,000, a steep reduction from the current basic rates of around Rs ...

An ancient woman thought to have hailed from sub-Saharan Africa and therefore to have been the first known Black Briton actually had fairer skin and was from southern England, researchers using new ...

Meiogenix, a biotechnology company harnessing targeted recombination for precision plant breeding, has relocated its U.S. headquarters to Research Triangle Park from Ithaca, New York. “Plant breeders ...