Louis XIV's real cause of death has been revealed after a team of researchers studied DNA from his mummified heart. The King ...

DNA itself is made from four chemical building blocks, or bases, which are strung together in endlessly varied combinations. It's the order of these bases -- adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G) and ...

A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.

Mutations in "junk DNA" could be responsible for rare genetic cases of intellectual disability, new research hints. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The oldest known plague victims date back to around 5,000 years ago in Europe. But it’s never been clear whether two cases, one in Latvia and one in Sweden, were isolated and sporadic or evidence of a ...

Fresh from solving the protein structure challenge, Google’s deep-learning outfit is moving on to the human genome. Google DeepMind says it’s trained an artificial intelligence that can predict which ...

A noninvasive blood test to detect genetic material shed by tumors may help clinicians identify adverse events related to ...

A study conducted by the Development and Growth Control Laboratory at IRB Barcelona sheds light on the contribution of DNA damage to the invasiveness of cancer cells. The discovery challenges the ...

After a 25-year-long search, a new sequencing technique has helped researchers pinpoint the genetic cause of SCA4, a rare movement disorder. Spinocerebellar ataxia 4 (SCA4) is a rare genetic condition ...

A brain disorder associated with chronic repeated head blows, may also have a genetic component. A new study from Boston Children’s Hospital reveals DNA damage, similar to Alzheimer’s disease in the ...