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 ...

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

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

A Crittenden County judge has approved the testing of new DNA evidence in the decades-long case of the West Memphis Three.

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

New DNA technology identifies remains of Renee Isabel Nilsson, a teen missing since 1984, in a Phoenix murder case.

The Reiff family was grieving the death of their beloved dog, Rufus, when they adopted Ziggy — and a DNA test found he was ...