South African scientists have identified two new breast cancer genes -- RAB27A and USP22 -- in Black women, marking the first GWAS of its kind on the continent. This breakthrough highlights the need ...

A study of more than 3,000 genomes has traced a gene mutation that confers HIV resistance to a person who lived near the ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is a long shot, though some are cautiously ...

Carthage, whose ruins still stand in Tunisia, rose as a trading empire around 500 B.C. Any North African DNA in Punic people from Europe can be explained by Carthaginian migrations through the ...

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DNA testing is one of the most powerful tools in the pursuit of justice, particularly in the case of rape or sexual assault. But South Africa is grappling with a staggering backlog of DNA backlog on ...

The absence of African DNA in the global genome map is hampering progress in treating conditions like sickle cell anaemia. Africans remain largely invisible in the global genetic blueprint that guides ...

Team Nigeria is making a statement at the African Senior Weightlifting Championship in Mauritius, leading the medal tally with 10 gold, four silver, and one bronze as the competition nears its ...

DNA tests were given to Home Affairs eight years ... She can't get a job and she can't even prove that she is a South African." Inathi said that without a birth certificate, and consequently ...