For the first time, scientists have reconstructed ancient genomes of Human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from archaeological human remains more ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the ancient genomes of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from ...

Scientists learned to treat deadly diseases by using viruses to deliver cutting-edge genetic therapies.

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

Now, researchers believe a sheep may hold the answer. An international team of scientists has discovered the first known ...

This study offers important insight into the pathogenic basis of intragenic frameshift deletions in the carboxy-terminal domain of MECP2, which account for some Rett syndrome cases, yet similar ...

A portion of the city wall that once surrounded the core area of the Shimao site is seen in the picture. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY A 13-year study of DNA samples collected from the 4,000-year-old Shimao ...

In the last decade, archaeologists have learned to read the genetic traces that ancient humans and Neanderthals left not only ...

Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to ...

Here are 10 major findings about human ancestors and our close ancient relatives that scientists announced in 2025. A handful ...

If someone told you it rained fish once upon a time, would you believe them? You'd be forgiven if you said "no." But get this: not only has it rained fish, it's rained many different other animals, in ...