For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

Around 8 percent of human DNA is made up of genetic sequences acquired from ancient viruses. These sequences, known as human endogenous retroviruses (or Hervs), date back hundreds of thousands to ...

“We saw parts of our genome that are crazy mutable, almost a mutation every generation,” he says. Other segments of DNA were more stable.

Initially, scientists considered Hervs to be “junk DNA” — parts of our genome with no discernible function.

Thousands of years ago, groups of ancient people made the dangerous journey across the icy land bridge of the Bering Strait ...

Scientists know little about Denisovans, a now-extinct relative of humans. But a gene inherited from these hominins may have ...

The project, called BIOFAB: International Open Facility Advancing Biotechnology -- or just BIOFAB for short -- aims to boost the ease of bioengineering with "biological parts" that are shared ...

Writing DNA involves replicating the sequence of DNA code, made up of the bases we know as A, T, G and C. Accuracy is key to ensure the correct products, like enzymes, are made in cells. Hill says ...