So much science starts with deciphering a genome, the blueprint for every being on Earth. With such roadmaps in hand, ...

AlphaGenome scores mutation effects across coding and non-coding DNA, bringing gene insights to the base-pair level.

A forensic scientist crouches down on a dirty factory floor. There’s a pool of blood, and they delicately dip a swab into it ...

Tyler Kartzinel likens protecting biodiversity to enhancing cellphone networks. His analogy is pretty straightforward: look for gaps in coverage, and then do what’s needed to fill them. “Engineers ...

A new AI pipeline combining image analysis with gradient boosting accurately predicts BRAF mutation status in melanoma slides ...

Until now, the phenotypic diversity among European hunter-gatherers was only known from a small number of fossils and was thought to be fairly homogeneous,” said Dr. Maïté Rivollat, lead geneticist of ...

Discover how indigenous and innovative solutions are advancing forensic science, enabling efficient workflows.

DNA polymerases are known to recognize preferably d-nucleotides over l-nucleotides during DNA synthesis. Here, we report that several general DNA polymerases catalyze polymerization reactions of ...

A major global study tested whether European-derived polygenic risk scores (PGS) for Alzheimer’s disease can predict risk ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

In the summer of 2021, a team of five Chinese researchers stirred up some controversy by suggesting that an unusual skull ...

Footprints from Australia show reptiles may have evolved 35 million years earlier than thought, changing the timeline of ...