A recent scientific study co-authored by an Estonian researcher Indrek Koppel (Tallinn University of Technology) showed how ...

Twenty-two years after the completion of the Human Genome Project, scientists have unveiled the most expansive catalog of human genetic variation ever compiled. Across two new papers published ...

Ancient viruses left a legacy in your DNA. And it turns out, that legacy may be helping shape who you are. A recent international study has shown that certain bits of ancient viral DNA, long dismissed ...

We mapped the human genome decades ago, but most of it is still a black box. Now, UNSW scientists have developed a tool to ...

One person's junk is another's treasure. An international team of scientists have found that strings of "junk" DNA in the human genome that were previously written off as having no useful function are ...

DNA that humans acquired from ancient viruses plays a key role in switching parts of our genetic code on and off, a new study has found. Nearly half of the human genome consists of segments called ...

A new international study suggests that ancient viral DNA embedded in our genome, which were long dismissed as genetic “junk”, may actually play powerful roles in regulating gene expression. A new ...

Researchers from King's have identified a new way to treat certain blood cancers using existing drugs, by turning a ...

Not only can transposable elements be useful, but new evidence shows they may have been powerfully linked to primate evolution. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...

Once dismissed as “junk,” a group of RNA molecules has been found to help regrow damaged nerves in mice in new research. The discovery could unlock new ways to treat nerve injuries and even restore ...