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Oxygen is a vital and constant presence on Earth today. But that hasn't always been the case. It wasn't until around 2.3 ...

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein paid for genetic testing in an apparent bid to harness his own genetic material for ...

New tech lets scientists extract DNA from old grasshopper collections without damaging the specimens. This unlocks evolutionary data previously inaccessible due to DNA degradation.

Farming animals for fur is not only cruel but also provides an ideal environment for viruses to mix and cross over into ...

The company that brought back the dire wolf is launching a new biovault to store the genomes of the most at-risk species.

Back in early 2023, the dodo's genome was sequenced from a DNA sample. Now the company trying to resurrect the long-extinct ...

The rapid advancements and decreasing cost of omics technologies such as genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, ...

The DNA of Chernobyl cleanup workers showed mutations caused by radiation that were also evident in the genes of their ...

Sidewinder achieves highly accurate assembly of long DNA sequences from scratch, offering a new leap forward for programmable biology ...

Complete the form below to access this guide to sequencing epigenetic modifications.  Epigenetics is the study of chemical ...