Jan 17, 2014 by News Staff

Scientists have developed a unique method to authenticate the purity and origin of cacao beans, the source of chocolate’s main ingredient, cocoa. A...

Jan 9, 2014 by News Staff

A large group of genetic scientists has sequenced and analyzed the complete genome of the elephant shark (Callorhinchus milii). The elephant shark, Callorhinchus...

Dec 13, 2013 by News Staff

A large team of scientists led by Washington University geneticist Dr John Stamatoyannopoulos has found a ‘secret’ second code hiding within human...

Dec 6, 2013 by News Staff

In a new yeast study, researchers from Tel Aviv University and Columbia University have found that caffeine shortens and alcohol lengthens telomeres –...

Nov 28, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

According to a new DNA analysis conducted by Brazilian researchers, a rare species of wild cat called the oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus) – one of the...

Nov 20, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists from the University of Oxford and Plymouth University, both in UK, have found evidence of Neanderthal and Denisovan viruses in DNA of modern...

Nov 4, 2013 by News Staff

Researchers have developed a new technique that is able to determine whether a particular genetic sequence comes from an individual’s mother or father....

Oct 1, 2013 by News Staff

A team of scientists led by Dr Peter Fraser from the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, UK, has developed a new method to determine the 3D structures of...

Sep 17, 2013 by News Staff

According to Dr David Penney and his colleagues at the University of Manchester, UK, the existence of ancient DNA in amber fossils is highly unlikely. The...

Jul 25, 2013 by News Staff

Herpes simplex virus 1 has an internal pressure eight times higher than a car tire, and uses it to literally blast its DNA into human cells, according...

Jul 8, 2013 by News Staff

Using DNA and RNA sequencing, an international team of researchers has revealed a surprising variety of life forms living in the subglacial Lake Vostok. Radar...

Jun 27, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Genetic scientists have sequenced and analyzed short pieces of DNA preserved in bones from an early Middle Pleistocene horse that had been kept frozen...

Jun 24, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Scientists led by Dr Thomas Gilbert from the University of Copenhagen have used DNA from a museum specimen collected in 1955 to study what may be a distinct...

May 16, 2013 by News Staff

A new study reported in the journal Nature Communications indicates that the Minoans, who 5,000 years ago established the first advanced Bronze Age civilization...

Apr 24, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of scientists has used ancient DNA recovered from human remains dating from up to 5,500 BC to reconstruct the first detailed genetic...

Jan 24, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of scientists has sequenced nuclear and mitochondrial DNA extracted from remains of a 40,000-year-old human found at the Tianyuan...

Dec 7, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

A computational analysis of the genomes of the papaya, poplar, grape, and a small flowering plant called Arabidopsis thaliana, has identified hundreds...

Oct 25, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of scientists has sequenced mitochondrial genome of first New Zealand settlers, and revealed a surprising degree of genetic variation...