In a remarkable development that challenges our understanding of life’s origins, researchers have identified human-like DNA ...

Every face carries a story, shaped long before birth by a quiet choreography of genes switching on and off at just the right moment. A new study suggests that part of that story reaches far back into ...

With almost all of its citizens’ genes already sequenced in a national database, it’s the test case for an ambitious—and, to ...

By comparing the human and Neanderthal genomes, the researchers discovered only three single-letter differences in a short ...

The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we ...

An ambitious plan to sequence genomes for 1.85 million eukaryotic species on our planet is underway. It's a massive ...

Explore CRISPR technology explained, gene editing science, DNA modification, and genetic engineering ethics—discover how ...

Portable genetic sequencers used around the world to sequence DNA have critical, previously unreported security ...

Low soil nutrients slow rye’s gene mixing, a study shows, offering new insight into how environmental stress shapes crop ...

After a more than $5,000 donation from the Arkansas AG's office, a DNA testing company is working to identify remains dubbed ...