20-02-11 By completing the most comprehensive study of whole cancer genomes to date, an international team of scientists has garnered deeper understanding of cancer, paving the way for more effective treatment, the Wellcome Sanger Institute said on Wednesday...

16-12-14 The mutualistic relationship between tree roots and ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi has been shaping forest ecosystems since their inception. ECM fungi are key players supporting the growth, health and stress tolerance of forest trees globally, such as...

16-05-18 For the first time, the genomes of the giraffe and its closest living relative, the reclusive okapi of the African rainforest, have been sequenced -- revealing the first clues about the genetic changes that led to the evolution of the giraffes excep...

15-12-29 A team of geneticists from Trinity College Dublin and archaeologists from Queen's University Belfast has sequenced the first genomes from ancient Irish humans, and the information buried within is already answering pivotal questions about the origin...

15-06-23 Neandertals became extinct about 40,000 years ago but contributed on average one to three percent to the genomes of present-day Eurasians. Researchers have now analyzed DNA from a 37,000 to 42,000-year-old human mandible from Oase Cave in Romania an...

15-01-22 The creation of genetically modified and entirely synthetic organisms continues to generate excitement as well as worry. Such organisms are already churning out insulin and other drug ingredients, helping produce biofuels, teaching scientists about...

12-10-15 When ancestral humans walked out of Africa tens of thousands of years ago, Drosophila melanogaster（果蝇） fruit flies came along with them. Now the fruit flies, widely used for genetics research, are returning to Africa and establishing new populat...

10-12-07 With new tools that can grab individual strands of DNA and stretch them like rubber bands, Rice University scientists are working to unravel（解开，阐明） a mystery of modern genomics（基因组学） . Their latest findings, which appear in Physical Rev...