In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

The individual lived 4,500 years ago, and his genome is offering new insights into ancient Egyptians and the lives they led.

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

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

The Synthetic Human Genome, or Syn HG, a project launched on June 26th, aims to change that. Funded partly by Wellcome, a ...

As if sequencing a full human genome wasn't tricky enough, scientists are now attempting to reconstruct our species' genetic ...

DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

Human DNA contains roughly 3 billion letters of genetic code. However, we understand only a fraction of what this vast ...

Cold sore-causing HSV-1 doesn't just hijack cells it reconfigures the entire architecture of our DNA to aid its invasion.

Researchers have sequenced the first whole ancient Egyptian genome from an individual who lived 4,500 to 4,800 years ago — ...