The Age of AI will rely on massive volumes of data that can be easily stored and retrieved—and bioscience may have an ingenious solution. A scientist examines a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) profile on ...

Preserving DNA in biological samples has long posed a challenge for researchers, but the process may be about to get a lot ...

"The best conditions for ancient DNA preservation are cold, dark, dry and recent," Jennifer Raff, a biological anthropologist at the University of Kansas, told Live Science. "These permafrost ...

The Hennepin County Forensics Science Lab is crucial in helping investigators solve crimes. "We do prioritize violent crimes first," said Hanna Sczepanski, a DNA Analyst. When evidence is collected at ...

The longevity of naked mole rats may partly be due to them having a variant of a key protein that boosts DNA repair – a discovery that could help extend our own lives ...

At the same time, too many swaps—or too many DNA breaks that initiate them—can harm the genome. How do cells make sure the balance is ... the junctions were removed," says Henggeler. "It was exactly ...

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Researchers say the catalog has already led to the identification of genetic mechanisms involved in kidney cancer and will ...

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Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps share 98.8% of their DNA. But is this actually true? And what does "similar ...