The two main approaches for discovering disease genes reveal distinct aspects of biology, a new study shows. While both ...

The human genome is riddled with relics of viral infections—bits of DNA from viruses that have been inserted in human DNA ...

Genomes are key to unlocking life's evolutionary history. The presence and absence of certain genetic sequences and mutations ...

A team of scientists at the University of Seville has identified an essential process that protects DNA integrity in reproductive cells, providing new clues about how organisms avoid genetic defects ...

Scientists are hopeful it will improve understanding of how genes work, what goes wrong in disease, and how to fix it.

Experts have unearthed the world's largest web that's home to more than 110,000 arachnids, creating a nightmare megacity deep ...

Diploderma bifluviale, a tiny new species of mountain lizard, was discovered in the valleys of the upper Dadu River Basin in ...

Researchers discovered the world’s largest spiderweb housing 111,000 spiders in Greece’s Sulfur Cave, revealing a rare ...

The discovery was made inside Sulfur Cave, a dark and narrow passage where spiders have spun an enormous network.

Founded by former Illumina, Grail and Google leaders, Hepta is applying the technological, genomic and commercialization expertise that made liquid biopsy possible in oncology to the far larger field ...