A Ph.D. student in biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has built a software program ...

This innovative software, CRISPRware, optimizes guide RNA design for genome editing, supporting research on genetic disorders ...

Weight-loss drugs have surged in popularity, promising rapid results with regular injections. Now, researchers from Japan report a way for the body to make its own weight-loss drugs, doing away ...

Scientists have successfully sequenced the entire genome of a human fetus using a blood sample from the mother and a saliva sample from the father, according to a study published Wednesday. The ...

Researchers report the first genome sequence of domestic goat, setting a good example for facilitating de novo assembly of large genomes.

Genome editing systems of all kinds could stand improvement. For example, all need to support greater ease and specificity of delivery.

How the attempt to sequence “Bigfoot’s genome” went badly off track Humans interbred with an unknown hominin in Europe, then crossed the Bering Sea— say what?

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

An evolutionary biologist at the University of Houston has published new calculations that indicate no more than 25 percent of the human genome is functional.

More precisely, the genome of an organism is a complete genetic sequence on one set of chromosomes; for example, one of the two sets that a diploid individual carries in every somatic cell.

BGI reports the first genome sequence of domestic goat, setting a good example for facilitating de novo assembly of large genomes.