There's a theory that humans share 50% of our DNA with bananas. But is it really that crazy of a theory? Humans share similar DNA sequences with many different species including fruits and veggies ...

Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic ...

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

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most genetic medicine uses viruses or double-stranded DNA to deliver genetic ...

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Kelli Bergheimer, a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Genealogical Speaker's Guild, will lead a discussion to help you better understand the different types of DNA, ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. The news came four years ago, at the end of a casual phone call. Bill’s family had always thought it was a ...

Thomas Gingeras did not intend to upend basic ideas about how the human body works. In 2012 the geneticist, now at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York State, was one of a few hundred colleagues ...

WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Decades after investigators unearthed thousands of human bones and bone fragments on a suspected Indiana serial killer’s property, a renewed quest is playing out in laboratories ...