Some viruses come and go after making us sick, but some have become a part of us, passed down by our ancestors. San Diego ...

The Age of AI will rely on massive volumes of data that can be easily stored and retrieved—and bioscience may have an ingenious solution.

DNA’s chemical cousin, RNA, was the messenger that carries DNA instructions from the double helix in the cell’s nucleus to ...

A group of scientists has sequenced the genome of a man who was buried in Egypt around 4,500 years ago. The study offers rare insight into the genetic ancestry of early Egyptians and reveals links to ...

People with Indigenous American ancestry carry Denisovan genes that Neanderthals passed on when they mated with modern humans.

Scientists at Kyoto University have uncovered a hidden protein complex that organizes DNA in sperm stem cells, a discovery ...

At the heart of all life is a code. Our cells use it to turn the information in our DNA into proteins. So do maple trees. So do hammerhead sharks. So do shiitake mushrooms. Except for some minor ...

It's a mystery that has left experts scratching their heads for decades, but just how did humans make their way from Europe ...

Vast swathes of the human genome remain a mystery to science. A new AI from Google DeepMind is helping researchers understand how these stretches of DNA impact the activity of other genes. While the ...

According to the Cleveland Clinic, an American nonprofit academic medical centre, an mRNA vaccine trains your body to fight ...