DNA analysis is considered the gold standard for identifying victims of mass fatalities. But how does it work?

Two men who went to prison as teenagers for a 1994 killing were exonerated Thursday, after prosecutors said new DNA testing ...

Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven ...

Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague ...

The foundation, Identiteit Gezocht (Identity Sought), aims to list all unknown graves on the coasts of the North Sea, hoping ...

An experimental treatment called VERVE-102 lowers the amount of "bad" cholesterol in the blood of people with specific ...

If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell's nucleus, explaining why it must be ...

DNA is the building block of life — it can tell us a lot about both who we are, and who we may become. DNA is also, ...

When the Empire State Building was constructed, its 102 stories rose above midtown one piece at a time, with each individual ...

Ancient DNA evidence shows that the advent of agriculture led to more infectious disease among humans, with pathogens from ...

Powerful new applications of what is known as next-generation sequencing are now helping with identification of degraded ...