The sex eligibility case of champion runner Caster Semenya has been one of the most contentious and most complex that sports has seen ...

Researchers led by UC Davis Health scientist Sanchita Bhatnagar have developed a promising gene therapy that could treat Rett ...

Across two new papers published Wednesday (July 23) in the journal Nature, scientists sequenced the DNA of 1,084 people ...

An international team of scientists has decoded some of the most stubborn, overlooked regions of the human genome using ...

Complex regions of the human genome remained uncharted, even after researchers sequenced the genome in its entirety. That is, ...

An team of scientists found a family of genome sequences known as “transposable elements.” They play a vital role in gene ...

Genome assemblies from 65 individuals, representing a variety of the world’s populations, are advancing the scientific exploration of complex genetic structural variation. Structural variations are ...

Scientists aim to build a full synthetic human chromosome within five to ten years, with the potential to transform understanding of human health and develop treatments for incurable diseases.

Also, in the second paragraph of the section headed ‘Comparison of chromosome 21 with other autosomes’, the second sequence should read ‘For example, a 100-kb region of a contig (AP001656 ...

Persistent infection with oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV)-16 and -18 accounts for over 70% of all cases of cervical cancer. Vaccination against these HPV types has become a reality. This ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Health officials are tracking an increase in cases of West Nile Virus across several states. As of June 17, 16 human cases have been reported in at least 11 states so far ...