A handful of start-up firms are testing therapies that target specific epigenetic markers to treat everything from high ...

For more than three decades, researchers studying genomes have relied on foundational resources such as Repbase and, more ...

DNA preservation on cave walls is highly variable, but scientists say their work is an important step on the path toward ...

Researchers have demonstrated a nondestructive way to collect cellular material from historical parchment manuscripts, allowing them to conduct genetic analyses that offer new insights into everything ...

Environmental DNA from rivers worldwide reveals how climate boosts fish diversity—and how human activity is disrupting that ...

The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has developed new portable field devices that will allow soldiers to identify unknown ...

An international team of cave explorers has shown that cave walls and the prehistoric rock art that adorns them can preserve human DNA for thousands of years.

Studies of genetics conducted in yeast cells, human neurons, mice or other model systems often reveal networks of genes that ...

DNA from ancient humans has been found on a prehistoric cave painting and on cave walls, demonstrating the potential to one ...

Researchers developed a forensic proteomics workflow that identified the species origin of hair using protein biomarkers ...

A blood test that looks at both DNA and RNA information may help identify Alzheimer’s disease patients more accurately, ...

Brain tumors have long forced pathologists into a difficult balancing act. Under the microscope, many look alike at first glance.