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In 1991, hikers came across a body that was partially contained in ice high up in the Alpine province of South Tyrol, Italy. Initially thought to be from a recent death, the body was later discovered to be 5,300 years old – from a time known as the Copper Age.

More than 20 years ago, the human genome was first sequenced. While the first version was full of “holes” representing missing DNA sequences, the genome has been gradually improved in successive rounds. Each has increased the quality of the genome and, in so doing, resolved most of the blank spaces…

Genome analysis reveals new physical details of mummified corpse found in ice of Italian Alps

COVID-19 pandemic changed the way pathogen identification is done, thanks to the application of metagenome sequencing. In a recent study, scientists in Nigeria demonstrated the surveilling power of metagenomics, including its ability to help us keep track of avian influenza outbreaks.

Four farmers win Plant Genome Saviour Awards for conserving biodiversity. Praseed Kumar Thayyil, Sunil Kumar M., John Joseph & Vinod E.R. receive ₹1.5 lakh each & certificates. IPR Cell of Kerala Agricultural Univ. facilitated recognition of their efforts.

A tribal farmer from Vithura in the district has won the 2020-21 Plant Genome Saviour Farmers Recognition award for the conservation of a special variety of pineapple.

Researchers in the U.K. launched a database, dubbed the "unknome," to research understudied proteins in our genome.

Researchers created a facial approximation of a 45,000-year-old individual who is believed to be the oldest anatomically modern human ever to be genetically sequenced.

Researchers from Indiana University, Bloomington, studied a synthetically designed ‘minimal’ cell, containing only genes essential for survival, and found that it could evolve as fast as a normal cell. This “demonstrates the capacity for organisms to adapt, even with an unnatural genome that would seemingly provide little flexibility,” said Jay…