A landmark Nature study of up to 1.14 million people identified 1,260 genetic variants, including 824 newly discovered spots, ...

It may be possible to detect malignant lymphoma from a blood sample.Research findings to that effect were announced in ...

A gene that is switched on in human brain cells has turned out to be a jumping gene that never fully gave up jumping. The gene, BC200, descends from a mobile piece of DNA, and researchers led by ...

Have you ever come across the term "NGS" in articles about cancer gene panel testing or whole-genome analysis?NGS is a technology that reads DNA base sequences in large quantities.While conventional ...

Changes in our genes affect health risks from heart disease to cancer, but how those genes are turned on and off is just as ...

Dublin, Oct. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- "North America DNA Plasmid Manufacturing Market Size and Forecast (2021 - 2031), Regional Share, Trend, and Growth Opportunity Analysis" has been added to ...

A good portion of human DNA is what scientists refer to as "junk" -- stuff left over from ancient viruses and such. But maybe ...

Enhancers are pieces of DNA that act like switches, regulating when genes are turned on and off and how strongly they are activated. Scientists know these switches play a critical role in cancer and ...

As much as half of the human genome is composed of so-called "jumping genes." These DNA sequences can make copies of ...

A three-letter sequence repeating along a stretch of DNA could offer new clues about why some people are more susceptible to ...

One problem is that there's no consensus about what a gene even is. "'Gene' is one of those words in biology that means different things in different corners of the field," Ågren says. And whether ...

University of Kansas researchers reviewed ancient DNA and 23,000-year-old White Sands footprints to trace early human ...