A new study conducted by scientists at the University of Sheffield in collaboration with researchers from UT Southwestern ...

In Canada's far north, a surprising discovery: fossilized feces of arctic ground squirrels contain DNA from woolly mammoths ...

DNA-Encoded Library (DEL) technology has transformed early-stage drug discovery by enabling the simultaneous synthesis and screening of millions to billions of small molecules in a single pooled ...

Researchers recovered ancient human DNA from cave walls in Spain and Portugal, showing prehistoric people left genetic traces ...

An international team of cave explorers has shown that cave walls and the prehistoric rock art that adorns them can preserve human DNA for thousands of years.

Scientists have made an exciting discovery that could change the way we study human history. For the first time, researchers have shown that ancient human DNA can survive on cave walls for thousands ...

In new research, 19 new fragments of non-human DNA have been discovered. The origin of this genetic material is from viruses that first infected our ancestors hundreds of thousands of years ago. The ...

Bacterial cells are prokaryotic and basic, and carry biomolecules like proteins and DNA encased in a cellular membrane. Cells in humans and other many organisms including plants and fungi are ...

The biodiversity crisis demands rapid identification and monitoring of species across ecosystems. DNA barcoding, which uses short, standardised gene sequences to discriminate taxa, has revolutionised ...