It started as a tragic missing person case — but ended with a shocking forensic breakthrough. Years after Megan Waterman’s ...

Scientists have reached a new milestone in decoding the human genome, unlocking complex regions once believed to be too difficult to study. Researchers used long-read sequencing to analyze the DNA of ...

Companies that make DNA for science labs screen out any requests for dangerous bits of genetic material. But a new study ...

Ancient viruses left a legacy in your DNA. And it turns out, that legacy may be helping shape who you are. A recent international study has shown that certain bits of ancient viral DNA, long dismissed ...

“We hope that this new ability to study somatic mutations in non-invasive tissue biopsies from healthy individuals becomes a ...

The first people to step foot in the Americas were harboring a sliver of DNA from two extinct Eurasian human groups: the Neanderthals and the Denisovans, a new study finds. This genetic relic could ...

Whole genome sequencing is a technique that allows medics to looks at a person’s entire genetic code from a blood test.

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...