A new study has revealed that "junk DNA" descended from ancient viruses could play a key role in controlling genes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Scientists have reached a new milestone in decoding the human genome, unlocking complex regions once believed to be too difficult to study. Researchers used long-read sequencing to analyze the DNA of ...

A DNA study of unmarked remains has identified family members of the first president of the United States. The research, published in the journal iScience, identified the historical remains of George ...

With a new study in the journal Cell, researchers at Stanford University and Stockholm University have contributed to increased knowledge about gene regulation in human cells. How genes are turned on ...

The new study makes an advance by sequencing sites from across the historical individuals' entire genomes, comparing the sequences to a database with de-identified DNA information from more than 9 ...

MIAMI, FLORIDA (AUG. 20, 2025) – A new study maps out the timeline of DNA damage for multiple myeloma, the second most common blood cancer. The findings may lead to better ways to group patients by ...

New DNA sequencing technologies have identified the historical remains of George Washington's grandnephews, Samuel Walter Washington and George Steptoe Washington Jr., and their mother, Lucy Payne ...

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A Neanderthal skull on display at the Natural History Museum, London. Many modern humans have inherited around 1 to 2 percent of their DNA from Neanderthals and their close relatives, Denisovans. In ...