Pictures of DNA often look very tidy—the strands of the double helix neatly wind around each other, making it seem like ...

A dog owner who was curious about her rescue pup’s striking features decided to do a DNA test, and the results didn’t disappoint. Faris was discovered as a stray in Qatar when he was just a puppy, and ...

Investigators using technology that lets them analyze DNA quickly without a lab have positively identified the remains of 14 of the 16 people killed in a massive blast at a Tennessee explosives plant ...

Authorities in New York's capital city have identified the man they say raped, stabbed and bludgeoned to death a woman inside her home more than 60 years ago. Officials linked DNA from Joseph ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a protein that acts like a traffic controller for DNA, preventing damage during cell division—a discovery that could lead to new cancer therapies, according to ...

You can always be judged by your scars. This is the idea that sums up what researchers at Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) claim is one of the new breakthroughs in basic and biomedical ...

New DNA and ballistics testing have linked a serial killer to the 1991 "Yogurt Shop Murders," solving a case that has haunted Austin, Texas, for more than three decades. During a news conference on ...

The suspected killer died by suicide in 1999. Police in Austin, Texas, said DNA technology has helped them finally identify the man who killed four teenage girls at a yogurt shop in 1991 in a crime ...

Investigators believe they finally have solved the infamous and gruesome 1991 killings of four teenage girls inside an Austin frozen yogurt shop, known as “The Yogurt Shop Murders,” after 34 years. On ...

For years, the federal government has been amassing DNA profiles of noncitizens. But recently released Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data reveal that officials knowingly collected the DNA of ...

Standing in front of reporters outside a courthouse in Wenatchee, Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison said Thursday he insisted on a second round of DNA testing so there would be no doubt Travis ...