Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is the only active, self-copying genetic element in the human ...

Scientists found a virus-like living entity in human bodies named "obelisks" - small loops of RNA, each a thousand genetic ...

Preserving DNA in biological samples has long posed a challenge for researchers, but the process may be about to get a lot ...

Boston researchers sequenced a full human genome in record time, under four hours. The advance could speed life-saving diagnoses for newborns in intensive care. Boston Children’s Hospital, in ...

The team used human stem cells to create embryo-like structures dubbed “hematoids” that mirror some features of early human ...

Lead exposure may have spelled evolutionary success for humans—and extinction for our ancient cousins—but other scientists ...

King’s College London researchers discovered that parts of our DNA once thought to be “junk” can actually help destroy cancer ...

EMBL researchers created SDR-seq, a next-generation tool that decodes both DNA and RNA from the same cell. It finally opens ...

Scientists claim to have found evidence of alien genetic manipulation in human DNA, with large sections of genes seemingly 'inserted' into people, potentially affecting millions of humans. If ...

Researchers have made bizarre claims, stating that they have found that aliens might have abducted humans and inserted genes into their DNA, which caused humanity to undergo genetic transformation, ...

You can always be judged by your scars. This is the idea that sums up what researchers at Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) claim is one of the new breakthroughs in basic and biomedical ...