Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is the only active, self-copying genetic element in the human genome—comprising about 17% of the genome. It is commonly called a "jumping gene" or ...

EMBL researchers created SDR-seq, a next-generation tool that decodes both DNA and RNA from the same cell. It finally opens ...

Scientists sampled tiny bone fragments sealed inside several Pompeii casts and tested DNA and isotopes to ask, and answer, ...

MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery ...

Scientists have long suspected connections between heredity and disease, dating back to Hippocrates, who observed certain ...

An international study has shown how and when entirely new gene mutations, known as de novo mutations, originate in dogs. A ...

A spider on the Canary Islands lost half its DNA but gained more genetic variety. Scientists say this changes how we ...

By examining genomic variation more closely, scientists can now identify new disease connections with greater speed and accuracy. For centuries, scientists have recognized that certain illnesses can ...

There's no escaping the unrelenting passage of time, but supercentenarians who live to see their 110th birthday have a ...

Google's new AI tool can read DNA like a language, and see immediately if a word substitution will change the meaning of that sentence, the company says. — © AFP ...

Alien DNA tampering could’ve even bestowed people ... Of course, there are some caveats to this out-there study. Rempel, who holds a PHD from the Institute of Gene Biology in Moscow, Russia, noted ...

A new genetic study claims alien DNA could be inserted into humans. Dr. Max Rempel, a molecular biologist with a PhD from the ...