The longtime director of the National Human Genome Research Institute is stepping down, as the larger NIH braces for more ...

After serving as the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) for more than 15 years, Eric Green, M.D ...

Scientists have successfully mapped the genome sequence of Aegilops mutica, a wild relative of wheat, shedding light on its ...

For more information about genes, visit the Glossary. Sources: (1-5, 7, 15-21) National Human Genome Research Institute Web site; (2) NOVA "Cracking the Code"; (8-10, 13-14) New York Times ...

This is the largest genome-wide association study meta-analysis of its kind, analysing  data on 42 female reproductive health ...

NIH funding has allowed scientists to see the DNA blueprints of human life—completely. In 2022, the Telomere-to-Telomere Consortium, a group of NIH-funded scientists from research institutions around ...

In a new study published in Molecular Plant, researchers led by Fu Xiangdong and Lu Fei from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in ...

A genome contains all the information needed for an individual to develop and function. (Image: National Human Genome Research Institute) The genome is composed of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), which ...

For over a decade, the Nottingham Wheat Research Centre has been developing wheat- Aegilops mutica introgression lines, aiming to transfer beneficial traits from this wild species into cultivated ...