Haoyu Cheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical informatics and data science at Yale School of Medicine, has developed a new algorithm capable of building complete human genomes using standard ...

The Natural History Museum, London and Earlham Institute, Norwich today announce a joint venture spin-out company Agnos Biosciences™ (the first of its kind in the Museum’s history). The Agnos ...

Despite decades of chasing leads, investigators had been unable to identify the victim of a 1992 homicide on the North Side.

Chinese scientists, in collaboration with international research institutions, have launched a global project to explore the evolutionary history of plants and unlock genetic resources critical for ...

A genetic test developed by researchers at Broad Clinical Labs and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is now enabling a large, nationwide clinical trial aimed at improving health care for ...

A new study says genetic testing can speed the return of the American chestnut tree that once dominated Eastern U.S. forests ...

Fragments of DNA from long-extinct human relatives still circulate in modern genomes, and in some cases they do more than ...

A man whose identity had remained a mystery since his death over 20 years ago has now been finally identified, thanks to groundbreaking genealogy techniques. The man was found alive but unconscious on ...

The most widely accepted scientific explanation for the arrival of all complex life on Earth has had an unsolved mystery at its heart. According to the theory, all plants, animals and fungi, known ...

Scientists have taken a major step toward mimicking nature’s tiniest gateways by creating ultra-small pores that rival the dimensions of biological ion channels—just a few atoms wide. The breakthrough ...