I was one of the first to spit into a test tube, giving up my DNA forever to learn more about my health and heredity. You know, the ones that promise to connect you with distant relatives you didn ...

A team has used a process known as DNA origami to make electrochemical sensors that can quickly detect and measure biomarkers. Using an approach called DNA origami, scientists at Caltech have ...

The origin of the Huns in fourth-century Europe has long been debated, but centuries-old DNA has revealed their diverse backgrounds. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

They were wrapped in black plastic trash bags that also contained some items that didn’t belong to her. DNA evidence was collected from those items. The case has been investigated multiple times since ...

Univ Brest, Ifremer, Biologie et Ecologie des Ecosystèmes Marins Profonds (BEEP), Plouzané, France In my opinion, these discoveries challenge the “classical” models of DNA replication. Archaea are not ...

Stanford Medicine researchers sifted through thousands of single nucleotide mutations in DNA to identify fewer than 400 that are functionally associated with inherited cancer risk. Thousands of ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future? Eske Willerslev was on a tour of Montreal’s Redpath Museum, a Victorian-era ...