For more than 40 years, the person responsible for the brutal rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl on Long Island has eluded ...

Biological rhythms aren't just for sleep. In the tiny worm C. elegans, researchers in the Grosshans lab and the Computational ...

The Fusco case is just one of several Nassau County cold cases recently revived by DNA breakthroughs. Just two weeks ago, ...

Ancient humans crossing the Bering Strait into the Americas carried more than tools and determination—they also carried a ...

New research found that gene therapy for children with a form of severe combined immunodeficiency was successful in 95% of ...

Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change.

Molecular biologists have long believed that the beginning of a gene launched the process of transcription—the process by ...

A combination of genetic tests for a "very complex" blood cancer could accurately predict if the disease is likely to return ...

Child maltreatment, which includes abuse and neglect, is one of the most serious public health concerns worldwide.

Faulty versions of the LMNA gene can cause a wide range of health problems, including heart muscle disease (dilated ...

Molecular biologist Dr. Max Rempel claims to have found strands of alien genes that he says may have been "inserted" into ...

It's estimated that nearly 30% of people who try cannabis will go on to develop a substance use disorder associated with it.