Forensic genetics can help us trace the ancestral source of any wine grape – and may lead to bioengineered wines in the ...

Roughly 10,000 years ago, humans started shifting from being nomadic hunter-gatherers to building large agricultural ...

Scientists are trying to sequence the DNA of Leonardo da Vinci to identify if the remains at his interment site really are ...

For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian—the ...

Scientists have discovered that a gene called MUC19, inherited from Denisovans through ancient interbreeding, may have played ...

A new study by researchers from Montefiore’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine has found that a rare genetic mutation that ...

The Age of AI will rely on massive volumes of data that can be easily stored and retrieved—and bioscience may have an ...

More than seven years after DNA testing freed two men from prison, clearing them in a 1994 slaying, prosecutors have not ...

A genetic test has been shown to identify obesity risk in children before age 5, according to researchers, allowing ...

In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of DNA’s structure—the now famous double ...

Last year, I added my DNA profile to a private genealogical database, FamilyTreeDNA, and clicked “Yes” to allow the police to search my genes.

A new study shows that the DNA repair enzyme Polβ plays a vital role in protecting the developing brain from harmful ...