Genomics

Researchers led by bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have generated the most complete genome sequences from single...

The virus that causes cervical, head and neck, anal and other cancers can damage chromosomes and genes where it inserts...

Professor of Genetics Scott Williams, PhD, of the Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (iQBS) at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine,...

In two parallel projects, researchers have created new genomes inside the bacterium E. coli in ways that test the limits...

Scientists have revealed nearly 100 genetic variants implicated in the development of cancers such as breast cancer and prostate cancer....

The largest DNA-sequencing study of anorexia nervosa has linked the eating disorder to variants in a gene coding for an...

A collaborative formed by Autism Speaks, the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization, has found full genome sequencing examining...

The genetic malady known as Fragile X syndrome is the most common cause of inherited autism and intellectual disability. Brain...

Scientists have accurately calculated the sliding mechanism for deciphering the second genetic code written within the DNA base pair sequence....

Scientists have devised a method for more precisely determining the geographical location of a person's ancestral origins based on a...

Our ability to “read” DNA has made tremendous progress in the past few decades, but the ability to understand and...

Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have mapped hundreds of thousands of DNA code variations spread across the...

MIT researchers and colleagues have released the first draft of the dog genome sequence, which could aid the characterization of...