DNA is the blueprint of life. Genes encode proteins and serve as the body's basic components. However, building a functioning ...
How does our DNA store the massive amount of information needed to build a human being? And what happens when it's stored incorrectly? Jesse Dixon, MD, Ph.D., has spent years studying the way this ...
An Ice Age double burial in Italy has yielded a stunning genetic revelation. DNA from a mother and daughter who lived over 12,000 years ago shows that the younger had a rare inherited growth disorder, ...
Ancient DNA from a Stone Age burial site in Sweden shows that families 5,500 years ago were more complex than expected. Many individuals buried together were not immediate family, but second- or third ...
A European project calls for help to verify whether carbon quantum dots are really able to sense chemicals in cells.
Ghost lineages reveal themselves through ancient genes that still exist in living beings today.