Long-buried traces of Denisovan DNA have resurfaced in modern human genomes — and they may still be working for us today.

University of California San Diego researchers have discovered the enzyme responsible for chromothripsis, a process in which ...

Drug development in biotechnology takes time. A lot of time. On average, it takes 10 to 15 years to take a medicine from ...

UC San Diego scientists discover enzyme responsible for scrambling cancer genomes; results could enable new treatments for ...

University of California San Diego researchers have discovered the enzyme responsible for chromothripsis, a process in which a single chromosome is shattered into pieces and rearranged in a scrambled ...

Genetic sharing among evolutionary neighbors all happens through hybrids: the offspring produced when individuals from two ...

Study reveals 20 DNA markers in fast-twitch muscle that predict age within 4 years and explain why sprinting declines before ...

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With a rate of mutation 35 percent higher than random chance, this previously unknown weakness could be a major vector for ...

More than 40 years after a woman disappeared in Northern California, the Placer County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday identified parts of a skull as the woman's.

(WJW) – It has been nearly 40 years since investigators found human remains along a creek in California. Now, officials have ...