WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — A member of the West Memphis 3 is taking another step toward having crime scene DNA retested. Damien Echols' attorneys have been trying to get a judge to allow an expert to ...

It collected a trove of DNA data on millions of its customers, and then it went bust. The fate of that data has been at the center of a legal battle over DNA privacy. NPR's John Ruwitch explains.

The U.S. Supreme Court sided with a Texas death row inmate in a challenge over whether he had standing to sue a district attorney who refused to test DNA evidence.

For nearly 15 years, a Texas death row prisoner has sought DNA testing that he claims will help to show he did not fatally stab an 85-year-old woman during a 1998 robbery. On Thursday, the Supreme ...

Researchers from Skoltech and the University of Granada have found a way to speed up the architectural design of vaults and domes with wavy patterns, while also conserving construction materials. By ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major global health concern, necessitating the development of sensitive and reliable diagnostic methods. In this study, we propose a novel approach to ...

The translocation of DNA in polymerases (Pols) is an essential molecular process in cells, enabling DNA replication and transcription. (1,2) This process occurs at every catalytic cycle in Pols after ...

The process in addition renews the surrounding DNA and removes harmful modifications. “… this mechanism results in renewal of the non-G4 strand, which allows for erasing potentially mutagenic ...

A century later, scientists accelerated the search for proteins by working out how our bodies make them. Each protein is encoded by a gene in our DNA. To make a protein, our cells make a copy of ...

New genetic research has traced the paternal line of Poland’s first royal dynasty, challenging long-held national traditions about the origins of the Piasts.