Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have constructed a complete map of how human DNA is mixed as it is passed down during ...

Researchers at deCODE genetics have developed a groundbreaking DNA map, revealing the intricate process of genetic recombination during reproduction. This map highlights areas of DNA that undergo ...

Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA showed that the two species had interbred and that people today still ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have constructed a complete map of how human DNA is mixed as it is passed down during ...

An international team of researchers has taken an important step toward understanding how gene expression is controlled ...

Your body is a collection of cells carrying thousands of genetic mistakes accrued over a lifetime—many harmless, some bad and ...

Cancer is a disease of the genome, according to Dr. Elli Papaemmanuil, computational oncologist at MSK. By looking at the ...

Genetic sequencing has gone through several advances. A major breakthrough came when scientists began breaking the billions ...

The cause of rare diseases is increasingly being detected through genome sequencing, which involves reading the entire human DNA by first breaking it into small pieces -- short reads. Scientists found ...

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received two large grants renewing funding for the Human Pangenome ...

New research adds to our understanding of the function of the human genome. An international team of researchers has made ...