Introns are perhaps one of our genome's biggest mysteries. They are DNA sequences that interrupt the sensible protein-coding information in your genes, and need to be 'spliced out.' ...

Hopes that genome sequencing will help usher in a new era of individualized health care have been rising ever since the first human genome sequence was completed in 2003. The genome is a map of ...

For more basic information about genes, visit the Glossary. A rough draft of the human genome was completed in June 2000. Efforts are underway to complete a final draft of the human genome ...

Thanks to the Human Genome Project, researchers have sequenced all 3.2 billion base pairs in the human genome. How did researchers complete this chromosome map years ahead of schedule? Initial ...

In earlier phases of the project, researchers mapped out where enhancers and promoters are located in the human genome. The ...

Cows have the same kinds of gateways into their cells as humans and birds, a new study shows. The finding suggests that cows ...

LINE-1 (L1), Alu and SVA elements belong to the non-long terminal repeat retrotransposon class of transposable elements, and they account for approximately one-third of the human genome.

The organization of the human brain develops over time, following the coordinated expression of thousands of genes. Linking ...

Human remains found in the Fieldbrook area in Northern California back in 2006 have been identified. According to the ...

The first two days of the summit focused largely on somatic human genome editing, where the cells being altered are non-reproductive cells - as a result genetic changes cannot be passed on to future ...