genome

Many life-saving drugs directly interact with DNA to treat diseases such as cancer, but scientists have struggled to detect how and why they work –...

DNA analysis of thousands of tumours from NHS patients has found a ‘treasure trove’ of clues about the causes of cancer, with genetic mutations...

A new multinational study has shown how the process of distinguishing viruses and bacteria could be accelerated through the use of computational...

Researchers have used genome editing technology to reveal the role of a key gene in human embryos in the first few days of development. This is the...

Study finds that ancient Egyptians were most closely related to ancient populations from the Middle East and Western Asia.

A faster and more accurate method of identifying which of an individual’s genes are associated with particular symptoms has been developed by a team...

Researchers have identified the role that a four-stranded version of DNA may play in the role of cancer progression, and suggest that it may be used...

In the first genome-scale experiment of its kind, researchers have gained new insights into how a mouse embryo first begins to transform from a ball...