The tool gained prominence in criminal investigations in 2018, when police used it to identify the Golden State Killer, who ...

Inside every human cell, six feet of DNA folds into a nucleus that is only a few micrometers wide, yet still manages to switch genes on and off with exquisite precision. The latest work on ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases we know. It commonly impacts the lungs, but can also affect other areas of the body like the spine, brain or kidneys.

Popular genetics tests can’t tell you much about your dog’s personality, according to a recent study. A team of geneticists ...

In the past twenty years, major technological advances in extracting and analyzing DNA have transformed the ability to ...

Scientists discovered ribose — in addition to “all five nucleobases used to construct both DNA and RNA” — on asteroid Bennu, ...

Three more papers on the samples brought back from asteroid Bennu reveal the place contains the building blocks of DNA and ...

Cedars-Sinai scientists have created a new experimental drug called TY1 that helps the body repair damaged DNA and restore ...

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

Cr yo-ET captured dozens of projection images of each slice from different angles. Computational processing then stitched ...

Tommy Zeigler was in court for a scheduled weeklong evidentiary hearing to determine if his murder convictions from half a ...

Scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid located not too far from Earth continue to find clues as to how life ...