When people think of DNA, they usually think of genes, the parts that code for proteins and drive inherited traits. But there ...

Every living cell must interpret its genetic code—a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions. A ...

Researchers in the UK have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from an individual who lived more than ...

When genetic sequencing of the human genome began in earnest in the 1990s, autism researchers hoped to identify the genetic cause—or more likely, causes—of the condition. “Twenty years ago the ...

Molecules from the 20-million-year-old teeth of a rhino relative are among the oldest ever sequenced, opening tantalizing ...

In a routine blood test that turned extraordinary, French scientists have identified the world’s newest and rarest blood ...

Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal organs, are ...

The U.S. FDA has approved a new test for patients with lung cancer to match the correct individuals with a targeted treatment ...

An estimated 25 to 30 million Americans live with a rare disease, most of which are genetic. The Sunshine Genetics Act ...

Alachua police officers say Richard Caban, 49, shot another man during an argument over a basketball hoop Caban took.

One study is of enamel proteins from extinct mammal fossils from the Turkana Basin in Kenya, and the other study is of enamel proteins from extinct mammals in the Haughton impact crater site located ...

As tempting as it is to find out if you descended from some grand poobah in Scandinavia or if your real great (x10) grandmother was Catherine the Great, the implications of a fine recently levied ...