Geneticist Dr. Robert Green is sequencing the DNA of healthy newborns to find hidden disease risks. This knowledge can save lives — but gene sequencing is not a crystal ball.

A large genetic study shows that many people carry DNA sequences that slowly expand as they get older. Common genetic ...

An analysis of genetic data from over 900,000 people shows that certain stretches of DNA, made up of short sequences repeated ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IONS) partner GSK today announced positive results from two pivotal Phase 3 studies, ...

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For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a ...

After nearly ten years of internal research and commercialization planning, Atlas Data Storage, a spin-off built on Twist ...

Biologists mapping the human body have long assumed that every major kind of microscopic life inside us already had a place ...

A groundbreaking development has emerged in Collier County, as a woman's remains discovered more than 50 years ago have finally been identified. Thanks to advancements in forensic genetic genealogy, ...

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DEDHAM, Mass. (WPRI) — DNA evidence took center stage Tuesday in the Brian Walshe murder trial, as prosecutors worked to tie items found in a Swampscott dumpster to both Brian and Ana Walshe. Saman ...