Enhancers are pieces of DNA that act like switches, regulating when genes are turned on and off and how strongly they are ...

Scientists at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Center have uncovered new insights into how cells regulate DNA methylation, a ...

Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect, affecting approximately 1 in 100 babies born each year. One of the many causes for this disorder is having only one functional copy of the ...

The specific DNA repair pathway affected is predictive of the kinds of mutations, the tumor drug sensitivity, and the treatment outcome. The study of rare inherited DNA repair disorders, such as ...

ASTANA – Scientists have sequenced the first genome-wide DNA of Kazakhstan’s famed Golden Man, confirming the iconic Iron Age figure was genetically male and providing new evidence that elite status ...

A public lecture at Galen University this evening is set to shed new light on the lives and family connections of the ancient ...

Some 4,000 years ago, as ancient civilizations such as the Minoans in Crete and the Neo-Sumerian Empire in Mesopotamia were shaping cultures in Europe and the Middle East, human biology itself was ...