In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shane Sprenger went missing in November 2021. Bone fragments found in the McKenzie River in 2023 recently were identified as ...

A study published today in the journal Science reveals how jumping fragments of human DNA, a type of genetic parasite, destabilise the cancer genome. Unstable genomes are a fertile playground for ...

Platelets are probably best known for their role in blood clotting, making scabs and related, if less salubrious, contributions to heart attacks and strokes. But these tiny, saucer-shaped blood cells ...

Professor Indraneel Mittra and his team show that DNA fragments from dying cells function as agents of horizontal gene transfer in mammalian cells. For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can ...

In everyday life, our genetic material is constantly under attack from many factors. Environmental influences such as light, ...

The human immune system is finely tuned to detect and destroy viral threats. But this same defense system can misfire. When ...