Genetic secrets have been discovered by researchers studying human remains from Pompeii. Ancient DNA extracted from the bones of a man and a woman who were buried when the Roman city was engulfed in volcanic ash reveals the first 'Pompeian human genome'. Please visit BBC News for more information...
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Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
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