Potatoes are a staple food for over 1.3 billion people. But despite their importance for global food security, breeding ...

Over the past week, the media have been inundated with news of the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus)—a ...

A team of over 150 scientists has achieved what once seemed impossible: a complete wiring and activity map of a tiny section ...

Researchers have demonstrated the potential of the innovative optical genome mapping (OGM) technique for the diagnosis, ...

How ancient DNA analysis revealed that unusually bound medieval books are covered in sealskin, and top quarks and their ...

A much-needed new tool will increase the efficiency of genomic research and accelerate the development of new ways to improve human health.

Colossal Biosciences revealed recently it had born three pups using the ancient DNA of the dire wolf, which went extinct ...

A longstanding mystery in Parkinson's disease research has been why some individuals carrying pathogenic variants that increase their risk of PD go on to develop the disease, while others who also ...

Researchers have demonstrated the potential of the innovative optical genome mapping (OGM) technique for the diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic management of multiple myeloma. This new study in The ...

Researchers have long wondered why some people with high-risk Parkinson’s gene variants develop the disease while others ...

Differences among the DNA of seven ape species—including humans—are greater than originally thought, according to an ...

A new, error-corrected method for detecting cancer from blood samples is much more sensitive and accurate than prior methods and may be useful for monitoring disease status in patients following ...