What may be the first commercially available book saved in DNA is the latest example of how consumers might use molecular ...

Genomics, Sir Donnelly said, works with companies across myriad industries such as healthcare and insurers in providing ...

Genetic genealogy testing of DNA evidence in separate sexual assault cases helped lead authorities to a suspect.

Max Matthai decided to get a DNA test for his dog Louie after they kept getting "stopped all the time" and asked the same ...

Scientists analyzing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern U.K. during the Iron Age was centered around women, a study said.

Researchers in Germany studying honeybees found that DNA can predetermine certain behaviors. Their findings may shed light on ...

Five teens convicted in the death of Nathaniel Jones say their confessions were coerced by Winston-Salem police detectives.

Our genes contain all the instructions our body needs to function, but their expression must be finely regulated to guarantee ...

Scientists have discovered that the protein machines that shape our DNA can switch direction. Until now, researchers believed that these so-called SMC motors that make loops into DNA could move in one ...

The true identity of Jack the Ripper, whose grisly murders terrorized east London in 1888, has been a mystery ever since.

Ever wondered what's in your dog's DNA? We put the four most popular dog DNA kits to the test to see which gave the best ...

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means that ...