Dog DNA tests have become an increasingly popular purchase for many pet owners who are curious about their furry friend’s ancestry. And since so many dogs are rescues or mixed-breeds, there are plenty ...

NEW YORK — An Abyssinian cat from Missouri, named Cinnamon, has made scientific history. Researchers have largely decoded her DNA, a step that may aid the search for treatments for both feline and ...

Deep in Arctic waters, the Greenland shark can liveup to 400 years, a record among vertebrates. Scientists have now decoded ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A Stanford University engineer has invented a new technology for decoding DNA and used it to decode his own genome for less than ...

Each cell in our bodies carries about two meters of DNA in its nucleus, packed into a tiny volume of just a few hundred cubic micrometers-about a millionth of a milliliter. The cell manages this by ...

TORONTO - Scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (HSC) have compiled the complete DNA sequence of human chromosome 7 and decoded nearly all of the genes on this medically important portion of ...

Dubai: In a major scientific milestone, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian individual, revealing unprecedented insights into the ancestry of a man who lived during the ...

This news release is available in Japanese. Okinawa, Japan -- New clues about diseases like inflammatory bowel disorder may be found thanks to a new genomic interactions catalogue by a group of ...

The math on sequencing's growing reach is pretty simple. In 2009, a few dozen genomes were sequenced. Last year the genes of some 1,700 people were sequenced. This year, analysts say the number will ...

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