Summer McKesson’s quest for answers to her medical condition would unearth a family secret – and a doctor’s decades-old ...

France’s trove of DNA profiles has helped solve high-profile crimes and was used to find some of the Louvre suspects, and it is growing. The police can also access other countries’ databases.

Under the proposed rule, DHS would be authorised to collect biometric data — such as fingerprints, iris scans, voiceprints, ...

The Trump administration’s DHS proposal would expand biometric data collection, including DNA, from all immigration ...

Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on all fours like other primates ...

EMBL researchers created SDR-seq, a next-generation tool that decodes both DNA and RNA from the same cell. It finally opens ...

Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is the only active, self-copying genetic element in the human ...

A novel tool could reduce the time it takes to diagnose and classify acute leukemias from days to hours through DNA ...

In the last one month, three persons died in leopard attacks in the Shirur region, sparking anger among the locals, who have ...

Best DNA testing kits for uncovering your family history, tried and tested - Use a DNA kit to fill out the branches on your ...

For billions of years, bacteria have waged an ongoing arms race against viruses, evolving many defense mechanisms against the infectious invaders. Now, these evolutions may offer innovative ways for ...