"Because if we look at the evolution of our species and the branches of our lineage, someone from West Africa has more genetic differences with someone from East Africa than someone from Europe ...

To study this history, population geneticist Harald Ringbauer at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in ...

President John Dramani Mahama has lauded the contributions of the West African Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University Ghana towards addressing food security in West Africa. The Centre, which ...

Genetic studies are also critical in tracking the ... PDNA now has members from 16 countries across West, Southern, East, and ...

Despite decades of efforts focused on mosquito eradication, drug therapies, and vaccines, malaria remains hard to beat, especially in Africa.

African scientists say the world is missing vital medical insights by ignoring the continent's vast genetic diversity. Less than 2 percent of human genome sequencing worldwide comes from African ...

The 100th meridian marks a dividing line between moist climates to the east and arid climates to the west. Climatologists now ...

Scientists study cultural traditions in chimpanzees, revealing dialects used for mating and the impact of human influence on their culture.

The Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC), a global initiative to prevent Alzheimer’s disease and improve brain health, today announced that PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leader in high-quality, ...

A new multicenter study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute-funded Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) ...

The Columbus Crew play Inter Miami CF in Cleveland on April 19 in a highly anticipated match — especially for three players ...

In February, Illumina announced it would be laying off 96 San Diego workers.