DNA's double helix has long stood as the symbol of life’s code. But buried within the genome lies a deeper level of complexity. One of the more intriguing discoveries in recent years is the i-motif—a ...

The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute celebrated the 25 year anniversary of the human genome draft sequence and UCSC Genome ...

A unique feature of HR is that it repairs the damage to the DNA in a highly accurate way. In eukaryotic cells (those with a ...

Precision medicine -> the practice of treating diseases using insights gained from sequencing the human genome is an ...

Since the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, the field has evolved at an unprecedented rate, fuelled largely by the continuous reduction in the cost of sequencing. In this feature, we ...

"A more complete view of variation within our genomes is foundational to advancing research on cancer, aging, and infertility, as well as countless other aspects of human health." Our genome sequences ...

A more precise timeline for modern human interactions with Neanderthals ... with our ancestors provides information on the role Neanderthal genes play in human health. The genome-based estimate is ...

Summary: New research refines the timeline of interbreeding between modern humans and ... The UC Berkeley/MPI-EVA team also analyzed regions of the modern human genome that contain genes inherited ...

About 2 per cent of the genetic blueprint, or genome ... modern human genomes spanning the past 50,000 years, and calculated when and where Neanderthal DNA started showing up in the timeline.

And they came up with a similar timing as us." The UC Berkeley/MPI-EVA team also analyzed regions of the modern human genome that contain genes inherited from Neanderthals and some areas that are ...

The first draft of the human genome sequence was assembled at UCSC on off-the-shelf Pentium III processors running a software program written in four weeks by graduate student Jim Kent.