Boston Children's Hospital, along with Broad Clinical Labs and Roche Sequencing Solutions, has demonstrated that rapid ...
A new study combining archaeological and genetic research offers fresh insights into social organization and population dynamics in the Late Bronze Age (approximately 1500 to 1000 BCE). Conducted by ...
Robertsonian chromosomes (ROB) are a type of structurally variant chromosome that is created when two chromosomes fuse together to form an unusual bond. Found commonly in nature, these chromosomes are ...
The completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 marked a turning point in medicine, sparking widespread optimism about a future where diseases could be predicted, prevented, and treated with ...
The world of pregnancy is going to radically change, predicts Noor Siddiqui. “I think that the default way people are going to choose to have kids is via IVF and embryo screening,” she said at the ...
Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps share 98.8% of their DNA. But is this actually true? And what does "similar ...
With plans for 25 international hubs, the Earth BioGenome Project is poised to increase global genomics capacity and deliver high-quality reference genomes, argues Dr Paul Flicek, The Jackson ...
Matthew Williams, academic affiliate assistant professor of biology at Penn State (left), and Christian Huber, assistant professor of biology at Penn State, are part of a team that used sophisticated ...
BOGOTA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Scientists in Colombia have discovered a previously unknown lineage of human beings after fully sequencing the DNA of ancient remains excavated at archeological sites near ...