When a sperm meets an egg, a lot has to go right for an embryo to develop into a complete organism. One critical step of ...

Junk DNA” may hold the key to treating tough cancers. Existing drugs exploit weaknesses in cells with gene mutations. Researchers at King’s College London have identified a promising strategy for ...

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

Every new life begins after a genetic shuffle. When organisms make eggs or sperm, maternal and paternal chromosomes pair up ...

Are humans evolving more through culture than DNA? A new study explores how medicine, technology, and institutions may guide ...

Without advanced DNA testing developed by a Texas lab, Iowa City Police investigators may not have been able to identify an ...

The DNA tissue sample taken from a baby left in an Iowa City landfill in 1992 was so "degraded and contaminated" that ...

WOODLAND, Texas — A Texas-based DNA lab and forensic genetic genealogy company announced Thursday it teamed up with investigators from Maryland to positively identify the remains of a Pennsylvania ...

A judge in the Gilgo Beach murders case ruled Wednesday that cutting-edge advanced DNA testing can be used in Rex Heuermann's upcoming trial on Long Island. It marks the first time such evidence could ...

Rex Heuermann is accused of killing at least seven women whose bodies were found on Long Island's Gilgo Beach.

A New York judge on Wednesday admitted DNA evidence prosecutors say links alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann to ...

Evidence derived from cutting-edge DNA technology that prosecutors say points directly at Rex Heuermann being the Gilgo Beach serial killer will be admissible at his trial, a Suffolk County judge ...