Scientists have recovered a sample of DNA from a Leonardo da Vinci drawing that could belong to the Renaissance polymath.

For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a ...

Inaccurate DNA analyses carried out between 2006 and 2016, which led to at least two incorrect convictions being quashed, may represent one of the worst miscarriages of justice in Bermuda’s recent ...

Police say they have determined the identity of a woman whose body was found on the Lake Michigan shoreline near New Buffalo in 1988. The Michigan State Police said the remains have been identified as ...

London — Adolf Hitler most likely suffered from a rare genetic condition called Kallmann Syndrome, researchers and documentary makers said Thursday, following DNA testing of the Nazi dictator's blood.

James Watson, who co-discovered the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953, has died at age 97. Born in Chicago in 1928, Watson made the groundbreaking discovery at just 24 years old alongside British ...

Human embryos have been developed from eggs given the DNA of adult skin cells – a feat that had previously been achieved in mice. This could one day provide a way for same-sex couples or women with ...

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In human cells, there are about 20,000 genes on a two-meter DNA strand—finely coiled up in a nucleus about 10 micrometers in diameter. By comparison, this corresponds to a 40-kilometer thread packed ...

Almost 30 years after six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was found dead in her Colorado home, her family believes new DNA technology may finally give them the answers they’ve been searching for. A new Fox ...

Tesla teased a revamped, longer Model Y for its Chinese lineup. In the video released by Tesla, several notable features stand out. The car will be available first in the Chinese market. Tesla has ...

Gene editing has made huge leaps in recent years, such as treating the congenital blood disorders sickle cell anemia and beta thalassemia, which can require lifelong blood transfusions. But scientists ...