Animals are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate. Each day, an estimated 200 species go extinct. Some of the ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee. Areas of their ...

More than half of midlands-based cancer patients whose genomes were successfully sequenced through the 100,000 Genomes Project, received clinical recommendations according to a new study. Almost 60% ...

April 9 — An ambitious plan to sequence large numbers of cancer genomes is underway, under the auspices of the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC). Although the proposal has already stirred ...

Bacteria are among the most diverse lifeforms on Earth, so it’s no surprise that their genomes have yielded a treasure trove of fascinating discoveries. The study of bacterial genomes has led to the ...

Two naturally mummified individuals buried roughly 7,000 years ago in a Libyan rock shelter have yielded ancient genomes that ...

Fragments of DNA from long-extinct human relatives still circulate in modern genomes, and in some cases they do more than ...