In its effort to correlate genomic structure with gene function, the 4D Nucleome Consortium (4DN), led by Job Dekker, Ph.D., ...

Buried for 4,500 years in Egypt's scorching sands, a ceramic pot preserved a laborer's skeleton that now upends long-held ...

India’s 21st century growth story is turning biological. From vaccines to genome sequencing and green fuels, biotechnology is ...

Scientists are one step closer to pinpointing fragments of Leonardo da Vinci’s elusive DNA. A team of researchers from the ...

Illumina (ILMN) stock dips as commercial chief exits to lead rival company Quanterix (QTRX) while a former NIH official joins ...

A large genetic study shows that many people carry DNA sequences that slowly expand as they get older. Common genetic ...

Nearly a year after leaving his position as longtime director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), Eric ...

DNA doesn’t just sit still inside our cells — it folds, loops, and rearranges in ways that shape how genes behave.

Scientists discovered that aging DNA repeats expand at wildly different speeds—and in some people, the consequences can be devastating. A sweeping genetic study drawing on data from more than 900,000 ...

Massive endeavor including Hopkins researchers and students aims to understand the planet's most biodiverse habitats ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

A new study indicates that noninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS) performed using a low-cost form of whole genome sequencing can detect pregnant mothers at risk for transmitting cytomegalovirus (CMV) - ...