The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

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Researchers have identified elusive DNA switches in brain support cells that influence genes tied to Alzheimer’s disease. When people think about DNA, they often picture genes that determine our ...

Scientists used decades old air filters to read DNA in dust, revealing a long decline in biodiversity across northern Sweden.

Cell and gene therapies are the engine powering the future of medicine. They hold the promise of treating many diseases that currently elude researchers and clinicians — including cancer, cystic ...

DNA evidence recovered from under JonBenet Ramsey’s fingernails and clothes and analyzed a year after her brutal murder was known not to match members of her family, according to Fox News. Still, ...

A woman expecting her first child got thinking about DNA, and sparked major debate with one simple question. Brianna Donovan, 28 and from Boston, Massachusetts, took to her TikTok account ...

Curiosity is one of the top reasons people try at-home DNA test kits, but that's balanced by worries over who has access to such private info, a PrivacyHQ study finds ...

Traditional vaccines contain weak or inactive forms of viruses or bacteria. They stimulate your body's immune system to respond to the disease-causing substance, which protects you if you're exposed ...

When Steve Edsel was a boy, his adoptive parents kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings in their bedroom closet. He would ask for it sometimes, poring over the headlines about his birth. Headlines ...

The District Attorney for the 18th Judicial District, which includes both Arapahoe and Douglas counties, sent a letter last week to dozens of prison inmates about potential issues with DNA evidence in ...

Jurors were shown surveillance video of Brian Walshe's movements and purchases made after the disappearance of his wife, whom he is accused of killing and dismembering.