Every cell in the body has the same DNA, but different cell types—such as muscle or brain cells—use different parts of it.

Michael Buck, PhD, professor of biochemistry in the Jacobs School, recently received NIH funding to explore how molecular readers of DNA access and activate seemingly hidden genes.

France’s trove of DNA profiles has helped solve high-profile crimes and was used to find some of the Louvre suspects, and it ...

Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by chemist Brian Liau and his collaborators at Harvard offers an ...

DNA in seawater revealed that 93% of fish species live beyond known ranges, exposing major gaps in global marine biodiversity ...

The cold case unit of the attorney general's office offered details on how they solved the murders of Debra Stone and Cynthia ...

Researchers at a Harvard Medical School laboratory are uncertain how they will continue supporting a large public genetic database after its primary source of funding expired last month.

A photo collage of Carroll County Sheriff Daniel Klatt and the Othram website Credit: Matt Campbell A skull found last year might be one of the “several people” missing in the area, according to the ...

PHOENIX ― The Las Vegas Aces haven't had an easy route to the WNBA Finals. The Aces were 11-11 at the All-Star break before their inconceivable 16-game win streak to finish the regular season. They ...

A North Branch man was sentenced on Monday for sexual assaults dating back years in Minnesota. Using DNA testing, authorities identified Donald Edmond Warner as the suspect in three separate attacks ...

Two California sisters missing for 36 years were found alive and well in their home state with the help of familial DNA, authorities investigating their case in Arizona said. When they were discovered ...