A new study shows that over 99% of the human genome can be accurately assembled by focusing on 65 diverse humans.

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

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

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

Controversial World-First Project To Create Human DNA From Scratch Takes First Steps The massive project will likely take decades to complete, but it has significant oversight built into it to ...

When scientists first sequenced the human genome in 2003, they revealed the full set of DNA instructions that make a person. But we still didn’t know what all those 3 billion genetic letters ...

Cold sore virus hijacks human genome in 3D--and scientists found its weak spot HSV-1 reshapes the human genome for its own benefit. Targeting a host enzyme can completely halt the hostile takeover ...

The virus compacts the human genome's size significantly and moves it towards the edge of the nucleus, freeing up space for the virus to set up a factory for its own purposes.

Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have discovered the cold sore virus reshapes the human genome's architecture, rearranging its shape in three-dimensional space ...

HSV-1 literally reshapes the human genome within one hour of infection. Using advanced imaging techniques, researchers watched the cold-sore virus drag its genome into contact with active human ...

The virus that commonly causes cold sores starts reshaping our genome within an hour of infection to boost its own growth, which scientists could take advantage of to treat severe cases. Billions ...

Researchers discovered a previously unknown function of RNA, potentially opening the door to new ways to treat cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.