In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we've come from has been accelerated by DNA testing.

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Scientists mapped hidden DNA switches in brain support cells to understand how gene control may influence Alzheimer’s disease ...

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A new generation of aging tests is moving out of specialist labs and into everyday life, promising to tell you how old your ...

Mount Sinai scientists developed V2P, a powerful new AI tool that predicts how specific DNA mutations translate into disease, ...

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – On Thursday, the 1983 rape conviction of Richard Luna was vacated after recent DNA testing of evidence collected at the time proved the perpetrator was someone else.

DNA can sustain serious injuries called double strand breaks, in which both strands of the helix snap. These breaks are among the most dangerous forms of DNA damage and immediately trigger the cell's ...

Researchers have used DNA from strands of hair to identify a teenage victim of the Hiroshima atomic bombing nearly 80 years ...

DNA pulled from blood stains on a hatchet, a hacksaw, towels and other items found in a Swampscott dumpster almost certainly came from Ana Walshe, an expert testified Tueday in her husband's murder ...