Researchers have uncovered the enzyme behind chromothripsis, a chaotic chromosome-shattering event seen in about one in four ...

Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain and toes, the DNA blueprint ...

But genetic analyses over the past two decades have revealed traces of several human ghost lineages in the ancestry of people today and in the ancient DNA recovered from fossils. These human ghost ...

Here's what we know about the South Florida DNA lab chosen over Quantico to analyze evidence in the Nancy Guthrie abduction.

A long-standing mystery in bile acid biology has been solved. Bile acids are often introduced as digestion helpers, but they are also powerful chemical messengers that help coordinate metabolism ...

Bones dating back 11,000 years and dubbed "the oldest northerner" have been confirmed as being the remains of a little girl.

State prosecutors rested their case against Luther Watkins Jr. in the murder trial against him, and his attorneys began ...

When it comes to cancer, waiting for symptoms may soon be old news. Telehealth company Hims & Hers began offering a blood ...

Over the past two decades, researchers have learned that DNA inside the cell nucleus naturally folds into a network of ...

DNA from 3,700-year-old bones in a mountain cave in Calabria reveals a family relationship so rare it stands out even in deep ...

“There are no shortcuts,” says Maynard James Keenan, one-third of the slippery, enigmatic,experimental rock project Puscifer. “You have to wax-on/wax-off and be frustrated with wax-on/wax-off, while ...

New research shows that after the body's defenses kill the virus behind COVID-19, leftover digested chunks of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can target specific immune cells based on their shape. The ...