The Jomon people—who eventually settled in what is now Japan—share little, if any, genetic connection to the Denisovan ...

Paulding County authorities have identified skeletal remains discovered in 2021 as those of a man who vanished more than a ...

Advances in our understanding of DNA have brought about many changes. One of them is just how easy it is now to obtain a DNA ...

When DNA breaks, cells must repair it accurately to prevent harmful mutations. Researchers have discovered that during a key ...

Inside human cells, biology has pulled off the ultimate packing job, figuring out how to fit six feet of DNA into a nucleus ...

DNA found on paper bags allowed authorities to match Rhonda Marie Fisher's murder to "one of Colorado's most prolific serial ...

Research shows synthetic chromosomes can be transferred to human cells with potential to improve viral resistance ...

If your estate plan was created before the DNA testing era—or hasn't been updated to account for these new realities—now is ...

A new portable DNA test can identify dozens of shark and ray species in only two hours, giving frontline officers a powerful ...

Colibactin is a powerful toxin produced by Escherichia coli and other bacteria living in the human gut. This highly unstable ...

By looking at maggots’ genes and metabolic changes, investigators can better predict time of death, the researchers said.

The DNA inside our cells is constantly being damaged, and one of the worst kinds of damage is a double-strand break—when both ...