The sensitive data found in wastewater — including human DNA and prescribed or illicit drugs — can also give researchers more information about the general health of the community.

These same genes appear in human DNA, raising profound questions about our own origins. The implications stretch from Earth's ancient past to humanity's future among the stars. What we're learning ...

This work has enabled them to pinpoint potential new targets for cancer therapy. The DNA of human cells consists of a sequence of about 3.1 billion building blocks. Cells go to great lengths to ...

Human cells have a complex DNA repair system involving over 500 crucial genes. By analyzing interactions among these genes, researchers identified new potential targets for cancer therapy.

Though genetic material does not preserve well in arid climates, which is why much about ancient human populations in the Sahara remains a mystery, there was enough fragmented DNA to give insights ...

Ancient DNA from the Takarkori rock shelter has revealed an isolated group of humans who lived for tens of thousands of years in northern Africa. While their relatives spread around the world and ...

The region's high temperatures can quickly break down the DNA in human remains, leaving few examples of ancient DNA in the region. A 2019 study examined mitochondrial DNA from the same remains.

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green Sahara" 7,000 years ago.

The study determined that these individuals belonged to an isolated North African human lineage that had ... despite generally low endogenous DNA. Rock art and burial practices supported a history ...

Prosecutors played a clip from “Jurassic ... at the Center for Human Identification for the University of North Texas — said Wednesday the type of science used for DNA analysis by ...

The findings, published recently in the journal Science Advances, provides valuable insights into genetic repair mechanisms that could deepen our understanding of human gene evolution. "This DNA ...