From memory formation to disease prevention, scientists are uncovering how chromatin structure, enzyme evolution, and epigenetic regulators orchestrate gene activity. Recent breakthroughs reveal how ...

A landmark Nature study analyzing nearly 16,000 ancient and modern genomes from West Eurasia reveals that natural selection has intensified over the past 10,000 years. Researchers identified 479 gene ...

In 2001 scientists studying human language made a breakthrough: by looking at the DNA of a family with a rare speech ...

A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...

Transposable elements have proliferated in the bacterium Enterococcus faecium, altering its metabolism and genome structure.

Working on human pus in a medieval castle, Miescher discovered a substance that would eventually unlock our understanding of ...

Late-breaking poster presentation to highlight new biopsy data demonstrating elimination and inactivation of cccDNA from the ...

Ancient DNA from a tomb near Paris reveals a shocking prehistoric reset: one population vanished and was replaced by ...