Known as Breast Circulating Methylation Assay (BCMA), the new blood test looks for tumour DNA released into the bloodstream ...

A £27 DNA swab kit has helped one customer connect with biological family members and uncover a possible noble lineage — and ...

Popular genetics tests can’t tell you much about your dog’s personality, according to a recent study. A team of geneticists ...

Researchers have discovered that analyzing specific patterns of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) fragmentation in a simple urine sample ...

A groundbreaking study introduces new noninvasive screening tools that have the potential to greatly enhance patient comfort ...

Viking ancestry is far more common in Britain than most of us ever realised. A simple DNA kit could reveal your family’s own ...

This video combined a deep dive into a MyHeritage DNA test with a sharp look at Russia’s ongoing military failures. The narrator revealed how a simple kit uncovered more than 18,000 distant relatives ...

When scientists sequenced the first Neanderthal genomes, they did not just resurrect a lost branch of the human family tree, ...

Let’s start with some good news: cancer death rates in the United States are falling. Since 1991, the age-adjusted cancer mortality rate has declined by about 34 per cent (reference). This can be ...

Taking the kids to Disneyland will require a gargantuan effort as early as next year, with the US proposing extensive new requirements for ESTA (electronic system for travel authorisation) ...

Karthik and her team aimed to use CRISPR as a way to identify and isolate a protein generated by the bacteria that cause Lyme ...

The origins of complex, nucleated cellular life – everything from amoebas to humans – may date back a lot further in Earth's ...