A new study has revealed that "junk DNA" descended from ancient viruses could play a key role in controlling genes.

Authorities said a woman in August 1986 reported to Michigan State Police troopers with the Manistique Post that she had been ...

The recoded bacterium uses only 57 of the 64 possible genetic codes, freeing up seven to be used for different purposes ...

University of Queensland researchers have developed an affordable, open-source DNA measurement tool that can be built using a ...

She was rescued from a shelter specializing in pit bulls, but as the weeks passed and Ripley began to grow at an astonishing ...

He also proved to be 12 percent Saint Bernard, 10 percent German wirehaired pointer and 9 percent each of chow chow and ...

Regardless of the results of DNA testing in a cold murder case in Mobile, prosecutors should be prohibited from using it, a ...

A 64-year-old man living in Arizona at the time of his arrest has been charged after DNA linked him to a California cold case ...