The herpesvirus can manipulate our DNA with far more precision than previously thought. The virus condenses and changes the shape of our genetic material to hijack the host genes needed for ...

"Ancient DNA has become a great tool that allows us to dig deeper into diseases that have had a long history in the Americas," says Kirsten Bos, group leader for Molecular Paleopathology at the Max ...

The first-of-its-kind synthetic human DNA is in the making by UK scientists. On June 26, the Wellcome Trust, the world’s largest medical charity, committed an initial £10 million to the Synthetic ...

A new breakdown of earthworm DNA could help us better understand how evolution works, and it could prove Darwin completely ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

Here’s the genome of my son.’ And that’s where we paused,” said de Pape. “Because your DNA, we say, is the blueprint to who you are. In your lifetime you will have one highly identifiable piece of ...

For nearly 15 years, a man on death row in Texas has sought DNA testing to try and prove he did not kill an 85-year-old woman ...

Ruben Gutierrez is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that restricts death row inmates from seeking tests that ...

His deceased father didn’t want him to know he wasn’t his biological father. I’m torn about whether I should tell him.