An international team led by the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim has presented the largest genome-wide ...

Ancient DNA Analysis Suggests Syphilis Existed in the Americas Before European Contact, Stirring Debate About Origins ...

Researchers have identified the first evidence of genetic risk factors associated with borderline personality disorder (BPD).

New structural variation sequencing reads long stretches of fetal DNA to pinpoint duplications, flips, and rearrangements, ...

Forensic DNA evidence relies on understanding how genetic material is transferred, recovered and interpreted in criminal investigations. At its core are the processes of primary transfer, whereby DNA ...

Learn how ancient DNA linked elite Scythian relatives buried up to 87 miles apart and showed that Iron Age social status may have passed through family lines.

CRISPR functions as a programmable genetic memory system derived from bacterial immune defenses against viral infections. Guide RNA allows for rapid multiplexed targeting compared to older ...

The Shroud of Turin's origins remain debated despite extensive scientific study. DNA analysis revealed diverse human, animal, and plant contamination from many eras and regions. Exact origin and ...

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Exclusive: Analysis offers ‘smoking gun evidence’ that overturns previous assumption that bronze age individual was male ...