Researchers release a comprehensive viral genome database covering diverse ecosystems to advance understanding of viral evolution and ecosystem functions.

BETHESDA, MD.—Behind the scenes of the Human Genome Project—the 15-year, $3 billion effort to decipher our genetic makeup—researchers are working on a different sort of code. In a high-rise tower on ...

Researchers expand the use of ribosome profiling, also known as Ribo-seq, to understand protein production in cells A gene sequencing method called ribosome profiling has expanded our understanding of ...

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To increase researchers’ access to comprehensive data, Wolters Kluwer, Health has expanded Ovid® with SRI International’s BioCyc™, a collection of more than 20,000 ...

Bioinformatics and microbial taxonomy experts introduce the challenges of defining bacterial species in an era of rapidly ...

Sumita Jha, Soom N. Raina, Deepak Ohri, Rakesh C. Verma, Manoj K. Dhar, Manoj M. Lekhak, Shrirang R. Yadav, Nandita Mahadev, Rama R. Satyawada https://www.jstor.org ...

At a time when large-scale human genome analysis was not yet common, the Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo) launched its genome cohort study. After ten years of operating this ambitious ...

Quick—What birds have the largest and smallest genome sizes? Interestingly, the ostrich has the largest and the common pheasant has the smallest. Not surprisingly, this valuable information came from ...

Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of DNA can be passed down to future generations and are important for how we ...

A gene sequencing method called ribosome profiling has expanded our understanding of the human genome by identifying previously unknown protein coding regions. Also known as Ribo-seq, this method ...