It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...
A team of researchers has generated one of the most detailed 3D maps of human chromosomes, cataloging over 140,000 DNA looping interactions.
One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published ...
An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals capable of detecting and responding to physical tension in DNA. This ...
Scientists have long debated how modern humans evolved. For decades, most researchers agreed that Homo sapiens came from one ancestral group in Africa, dating back 200,000 to 300,000 years. But new ...
Hidden human 'superpowers' could one day help develop new treatments to reverse diabetes and neurodegeneration. This the conclusion of research from University of Utah that suggests hibernating ...
The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.