Scientists at UC San Diego have discovered a small but powerful section of DNA, called HAR123, that could help explain what ...

Swansea University has helped uncover a surprising new role for platelets—one that could significantly advance early cancer ...

Once on the brink during the last ice age, great white sharks made a remarkable recovery globally, but their DNA reveals a baffling story. Classic migration explanations fail, leaving scientists with ...

Tiny "hidden" proteins lurking in DNA once dismissed as junk may hold the key to the next generation of obesity drugs, ...

Mars still holds the promise of being one of the first places in the solar system humanity will colonize. However, if there ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with international institutions, has ...

A good portion of human DNA is what scientists refer to as "junk" -- stuff left over from ancient viruses and such. But maybe ...

Attorney Jon Paul Rion requests independent testing of DNA specimens as the case moves forward with extended pretrial ...

Attorney for alleged Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann wants to block prosecutors from introducing DNA analysis at trial.

A man's world was turned upside when he discovered that he wasn't the biological father to his sons. Jay Skibbens, from Illinois, already had a sinking feeling when he mailed off two DNA kits. His ...

But a novel technique is allowing us to peer back further than DNA's expiration date in Africa, to answer long-standing ...