DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

Creating a synthetic human genome has the possibilities of improving human healthspans, but it also comes with extremely ...

As if sequencing a full human genome wasn't tricky enough, scientists are now attempting to reconstruct our species' genetic ...

The Human Genome Project changed everything. A map of the entire human sequence of DNA was the starting point for an enormous number of discoveries, from disease genes to how humans evolved. But DNA ...

With a skin sample from a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth, scientists are gaining new insights into what made the animals tick. The findings could also help controversial de-extinction efforts.

The scientists estimated that a minimum of 10.7% of the human genome is functional, on the higher end of estimates of 3% to 12% from previous studies.

An international collaboration called the Zoonomia Project analyzed the genomes of 240 mammals, offering insights into evolution, extinction, the human brain and a famous, life-saving sled dog ...

They completed the first individual human genome, the James Watson project, in 2007. (Watson is the co-discoverer of the double helix structure of the DNA).

Ten years ago, it cost about $10,000 for researchers to sequence a human genome. A few years ago, that fell to $1,000. Today, it’s about $600. Now, sequencing is about to get even cheaper.

Ten years ago, it cost about $10,000 for researchers to sequence a human genome. A few years ago, that fell to $1,000. Today, it’s about $600. Now, sequencing is about to get even cheaper.

The NIH announced $600 million in funding to create a detailed map of the human brain and devise new ways to target drugs to specific brain cell populations.

In the original Human Genome Project, researchers could map about 500 pairs of letters at a time. Newer technology, led by PacBio, can read up to about 100,000 pairs and detect repetitions.