An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals ...

A recent forensic discovery suggests that the infamous killer could have been Aaron Kosminski, but the evidence still raises ...

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was 97.The ...

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...