A medical breakthrough could result in the first treatment for rare but serious diseases in which genetic defects disrupt ...

DNA analysis is crucial for identifying individuals and their relatives, using technologies like PCR, electrophoresis, and ...

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green Sahara" 7,000 years ago.

The team's method relied on analysing modern human DNA, rather than extracting genetic material from ancient bones, and enabled them to infer the presence of ancestral populations that may have ...

Languages: English. A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an analysis of modern DNA found that we come from not one but two ancestral populations—ones that drifted apart and ...

A University of Iowa-led study has revealed the unexpected structure adopted by the DNA repair protein RAD52 as it binds and ...

The double ring, spool-like structure of RAD52 protects replicating DNA in dividing cells. A study led by the University of ...

How cardiac cell fates are specified during heart development remains elusive. This study identifies a level-dependent role ...

It marked a major shift in human history as societies transitioned ... But, in the field of ancient DNA research, even a few well-preserved genomes can provide significant insights.