If your estate plan was created before the DNA testing era—or hasn't been updated to account for these new realities—now is ...

A new portable DNA test can identify dozens of shark and ray species in only two hours, giving frontline officers a powerful ...

A Nobel laureate, he identified an enzyme that cuts DNA, laying the groundwork for milestones in scientific research and ...

Learn more about what how humans ended up having Neanderthal DNA in their genome and what it means if you have it.

Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something ...

The findings of a new academic paper suggest that warming winters are causing damage to the DNA of some lizards.

DNA pulled from blood stains on a hatchet, a hacksaw, towels and other items found in a Swampscott dumpster almost certainly ...

An international team of researchers has identified ANKLE1 as the first known human nuclease (a DNA-cutting enzyme) that can ...

DNA can sustain serious injuries called double strand breaks, in which both strands of the helix snap. These breaks are among ...

When DNA breaks, cells must repair it accurately to prevent harmful mutations. Researchers have discovered that during a key ...

The DNA inside our cells is constantly being damaged, and one of the worst kinds of damage is a double-strand break—when both ...

High-resolution imaging has revealed the internal layout of chromatin condensates, showing how DNA fibers fold and interact ...