Scientists analyzing ancient DNA from a 12,000-year-old double burial in southern Italy uncovered genetic evidence of a rare inherited growth disorder in two closely related prehistoric individuals. A ...

The history of genomics has long been a story of reading a book where only every fiftieth page made sense. While the Human Genome Project gave us the full sequence of human DNA over two decades ago, ...

A new genetic study has revealed that the people of Deep Mani, who inhabit one of the remotest regions of mainland Greece, represent one of the most genetically distinctive populations in Europe, ...

Researchers led by the University of Vienna and Liège University Hospital Center have identified genetic variants associated ...

In the largest ever study of its kind, an analysis of entire tumor genomes has provided the most complete picture yet of an aggressive type of brain cancer. Diffuse gliomas are aggressive brain tumors ...

A Roman-era skeleton discovered in southern England has finally given up her secrets after more than a decade of debate.

Genetic ancestry plays a key role in determining the behavior of head and neck tumors and may help explain why ...

By cleverly combining new techniques for analysing DNA at the level of individual molecules, we can achieve real breakthroughs in research into ...