BEIJING -- Chinese scientists have successfully assembled the chromosomal-level genome of the critically endangered ...

Human DNA recovered from remains found in Europe is revealing our species’ shared history with Neanderthals. The trove is the ...

A fossil site of footprints in Kenya reveal a run-in of earlier hominins more than a million years before the rise of Homo ...

Bedbugs. Just mentioning the tiny, biting insects that live on human blood and infest mattresses, couches, and bedding ...

HERVs are genetic remnants of ancient viral infections that have integrated into the human genome. As they typically lie dormant until aging or disease cause them to reactivate, these targets are ...

ABOVE: Scientists are exploring the relationship between the expression of ancient viral DNA and neurodegenerative disease ...

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society estimates that by year end, 2024 will have seen 187,740 Americans diagnosed with a blood ...

Mysteries surround the elusive Greenland shark, the longest-living vertebrate in the world. Researchers have new insight into the unique fish’s genetic makeup.

Sinai Health researchers discovered that DNA elements known as transposons, which may roam around the genome, influence a ...

PITX2 expression and Neanderthal-introgressed HS3ST3A1—that contribute to variations in tooth size among modern human ...

Breast cancer cells exhibit organotropism during metastasis, showing preferential homing to certain organs such as bone, lung, liver, and brain. One potential explanation for this organotropic ...