As any true crime fan knows, DNA has been groundbreaking in solving criminal cases, both current and cold, for police ...

New DNA technology leads to the arrest of a mother in Columbus County, over 50 years later. Over 50 years ago, a baby was found in a black trash bag inside a Columbus County landfill. For decades, the ...

A study published in the journal Science reveals how jumping fragments of human DNA, a type of genetic parasite, destabilize the cancer genome. Unstable genomes are a fertile playground for cancer ...

By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded ...

Hidden within cancer DNA data, researchers uncovered viruses and bacteria that may influence both diagnosis and survival.

Investigators are hopeful that some of the DNA that was found at Guthrie's home can be parsed and help point to a suspect in ...

Over four decades after a teenager was murdered, DNA found on a discarded cigarette has helped authorities catch her killer. Sarah Geer, 13, was last seen leaving her friend’s house in Cloverdale, ...

Delaware police have successfully used DNA genealogy, which is being considered to identify unknown DNA found in Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona kidnapping.

Every living organism has its own genetic "blueprint": the source code for how it grows, functions and reproduces. This ...

Industrial yeasts are a powerhouse of protein production, used to manufacture vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, and other useful compounds. In a new study, MIT chemical engineers have harnessed artificial ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their epigenetics-meticulously placed chemical tags that influence which genes are expressed in ...