15 March 2023
From mice with two fathers to cures for debilitating diseases, the transformative power of genomic technology requires some big decisions on what we want to do with it
9 March 2023
More than 400 children have taken part in a rapid whole-genome sequencing trial at every children's hospital in Australia. With results in less than three days, many of the participants have quickly been diagnosed with rare genetic conditions and received...
22 April 2022
A new analysis helps to unravel the mystery of the Australian dingo’s origins by showing that it is probably descended from a wild dog rather than a domestic breed
16 March 2022
The current reference human genome is based on a handful of people but the new Pangenome project will incorporate DNA from hundreds of people all around the world
13 October 2021
Faeces samples from an Iron Age salt mine have been genetically sequenced, revealing traces of fungi found in blue cheese and beer
28 September 2021
The UK government has lifted licensing hurdles that laboratories face when starting a field trial of gene-edited crops in England
3 August 2021
Daddy-long-legs, or harvestmen, are spider-like arachnids with “prehensile” legs that grasp like a monkey’s tail – and now a genetic analysis helps explain how the legs form
26 July 2021
The first analyses of a new and more complete version of the human genome reveal enormous amounts of previously undetected variation that may underlie disease
14 July 2021
We're not taking evolution into account properly in our pandemic strategy – here's why we must change tack, says Jonathan Goodman
28 May 2021
Two decades after the first drafts of the human genome were published, new sequencing technologies mean it is finally complete – and could show us more than ever
