Editor’s note: On June 13, 2013, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that isolated human genes may not be patented. Researchers at UC Santa Cruz assembled the first working draft of the human genome ...

UC Santa Cruz has a long history of pioneering advances in genomics research. The first working draft of a human genome sequence was assembled on our campus in 2000, which has led to enormous leaps in ...

The Ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom (2686–2125 B.C.) produced many lasting artefacts—but little DNA has survived. Teeth from an elderly man who lived around the time that the earliest pyramids were built ...

Twenty-five years ago today, on July 7, 2000, the world got its very first look at a human genome — the 3 billion letter code that controls how our bodies function. Posted online by a small team at ...

Whole genome sequencing offered to breast cancer patients is likely to identify unique genetic features that could either ...

At WIRED Health 2025, Orchid CEO Noor Siddiqui and genomics pioneer George Church laid out their view of the future of ...

Australian scientists said on Thursday they had developed a rapid genome sequencing method that would cut to within four hours the time taken to trace the source of coronavirus cases, helping to ...

Baylor Genetics, a clinical diagnostic laboratory at the forefront of genetic testing, today announced it will showcase its leadership in genome sequencing and multi-omics to uncover critical ...

Whole genome sequencing offered to breast cancer patients is likely to identify unique genetic features that could either ...

Looks can be deceiving -- Many trees in the forest : the DNA quest to find our closest ape relative -- The great divorce : how and when did humans and chimpanzees part ways? -- A population crash in ...