Research shows synthetic chromosomes can be transferred to human cells with potential to improve viral resistance ...

When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication ...

Learn more about what how humans ended up having Neanderthal DNA in their genome and what it means if you have it.

Scientists discovered that the first 100 base pairs of human genes are unusually prone to mutations, especially during the ...

Discover new clues about how our ancient relatives disappeared from time. Despite its proximity to other groups of Neanderthals and the era’s modern humans, the lineage of the specimen, dubbed “Thorin ...

New ultra-detailed imaging exposes the hidden structure and behavior of chromatin condensates — and hints at how their ...

Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ...

Colibactin is a powerful toxin produced by Escherichia coli and other bacteria living in the human gut. This highly unstable ...

Debate has long surrounded when humans first traveled into Sahul, the ancient landmass that is now Australia, New Guinea and ...

The first humans arrived upon the landmass now known as Australia around 60,000 years ago along two distinct routes, ...