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A new Northwestern Medicine genome-wide association study of PCOS – the first of its kind to focus on women of European ancestry – has provided important new insights into the underlying biology of the disorder.

New species evolve whenever a lineage splits off into several. Because of this, the kinship between species is often described in terms of a ‘tree of life’, where every branch constitutes a species.

A team has demonstrated that DNA they encapsulated can preserve information for at least 2,000 years, and they’re now working on a filing system to make it easier to navigate.

ORNL team applies genomics expertise to analyze, map virus sequence database.

New research from the University of East Anglia could one day help build computers from DNA.

A computer science team at The University of Texas at Austin has found that robots evolve more quickly and efficiently after a virtual mass extinction modeled after real-life disasters such as the one that killed off the dinosaurs.

Working as part of an international team in North America and West Africa, a researcher at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has published new findings showing the ancient roots of the deadly Lassa virus, a relative of Ebola virus, and how Lassa virus has changed over time.

Advanced bioinformatics capabilities for next-generation rice genomics in Vietnam to aid precision breeding.

Amyris, Inc.and Genome Compiler Corp.have announced the availability of an open testing program for pharma and biotech companies to explore DNA design and construction solutions.

Newly developed computational tool finds 12,500 genomes of viruses that infect microbes.