A woman has shared her heartache after treating her family to DNA kits for Christmas - only for the entire gesture to go up ...

I received one of those DNA kits as an early Christmas present. What I discovered when I researched my profile online has ...

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...

Donald Trump's administration is turning immigration screening into the backbone of a DNA surveillance system that reaches ...

Researchers have identified elusive DNA switches in brain support cells that influence genes tied to Alzheimer’s disease. When people think about DNA, they often picture genes that determine our ...

Your next favorite true crime podcast might have some new forensics jargon to make sense of. Researchers in Australia have developed a new way to identify humans – similar to how we do with DNA and ...

Scientists discover Bronze Age plague DNA in 4,000-year-old sheep remains, shedding light on how ancient diseases spread between animals and humans across Eurasia.

Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to ...

Imagine if you could fix a spelling mistake in a long document with just one click. Now, imagine doing the same with the genetic code of a plant or even a human cell. That’s ...

It's a common storytelling trope: the stubborn foe who is eventually revealed to be a much-needed friend. Biology has its own ...

Attorney General Peter Neronha said in a situation of chaos, witnesses are going to have different accounts. Right now, they are reconciling those accounts.

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...