It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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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 ...