After 80 years missing in action, Idaho solider Lt. Charles Atteberry was identified using DNA technology and is now officially accounted for. On Monday, October 3rd his remains were buried at the ...

A research team reconstructed the genome of an extinct horse species through an open-air extraction at the archaeological ...

A Nature study shows sperm from older fathers carry more disease-linked mutations, revealing how age and cell competition ...

By examining genomic variation more closely, scientists can now identify new disease connections with greater speed and accuracy. For centuries, scientists have recognized that certain illnesses can ...

Scientists have long suspected connections between heredity and disease, dating back to Hippocrates, who observed certain ...

MIT scientists have found a way to make gene editing far safer and more accurate — a breakthrough that could reshape how we ...

DNA breakthroughs are helping Phoenix police crack more unsolved cases, leading to arrests in old violent crimes.

DNA testing improvements helped Phoenix police crack more unsolved violent cases, including two this week. A crime scene is ...

With support from the National Institutes of Health, the COBRE Center for RNA Biology in Health and Disease will create a ...

Forensic genealogy lab Othram is helping law enforcement agencies solve cold cases, including Albany's 61-year-old unsolved murder of Catherine Blackburn ...

Fifty-year-old Catherine Blackburn was found dead in her home in September 1964. Blackburn’s nearly nude body was mutilated.