NIH’s SMaHT Network will chart trillions of somatic mutations to reveal how our DNA changes over a lifetime. In a nutshell Scientists are creating the most comprehensive map ever of genetic changes ...

Erwin Chargaff was one of a handful of scientists who expanded on Levene's work by uncovering additional details of the structure of DNA, thus further paving the way for Watson and Crick.

The individual lived 4,500 years ago, and his genome is offering new insights into ancient Egyptians and the lives they led.

German composer Beethoven had hepatitis B infection and was genetically predisposed to liver disease, according to scientists who sampled DNA from five locks of his hair.

The discovery of DNA’s double helix structure 70 years ago opened up a world of new science — and also sparked disputes over who contributed what and who deserves credit.

For two decades, scientists have been comparing every person's full set of DNA they study to a template that relies mostly on genetic material from one man affectionately known as "the guy from ...

That discovery set a record for the oldest DNA, and many scientists doubted it would be possible to find anything much older. But in 2006, Dr. Willerslev and Kurt Kjaer, a geoscientist at the ...

First discovered in 2010 in Spain, ... Scientists Extracted DNA From the Dirt to Learn More About the 19,000-Year-Old ‘Red Lady ...

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull. The key? Tooth plaque.

NEW YORK (AP) — The discovery of DNA’s double helix structure 70 years ago opened up a world of new science — and also sparked disputes over who contributed what and who deserves credit.