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“While the rest of the genome shuffles between the maternal and paternal origins, centromeres are inherited intact: one from ...

Space travel activates dormant viral DNA in human stem cells, accelerating aging and potentially compromising astronaut ...

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As if sequencing a full human genome wasn't tricky enough, scientists are now attempting to reconstruct our species' genetic material from the ground up. It's an ambitious and controversial project ...

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 ...

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong have discovered that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a common human virus closely ...

In 1862, Victor Hugo reportedly wrote to his publisher to ask how his newly published novel Les Misérables was selling, with a single character query: “?” The response: “!” This story of one of the ...

Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a study finds, furthering the understanding of the possible effects of ...

Scientists created the largest functional map of a brain to date using a piece of a mouse's brain. The map details the wiring that connects neurons, offering insight into brain function and ...

A comparison of the thylacine’s genome to other marsupials has revealed that the creatures lost genetic diversity long before ...