As any true crime fan knows, DNA has been groundbreaking in solving criminal cases, both current and cold, for police ...

Tens of thousands of individuals in the United States remain unidentified, many for decades.

Ty Sperle says he felt "insane shock" after learning he'd been cured of a rare genetic disease through a clinical trial using ...

Investigators said on Thursday advanced software allowed crime lab analysts to reexamine old evidence and strengthen the case ...

Earth's biodiversity is in crisis. An imminent "sixth mass extinction" threatens beloved and important wildlife. It also threatens to reduce the amount of genetic diversity—or variation—within species ...

A new gene-editing technique enables the correction of multiple genetic mutations simultaneously, transforming the prospects for millions living with complex inherited diseases, such as cystic ...

New Zealand's gene technology rules are being updated, removing regulatory hurdles that have been in place for 30 years. Also known as genetic engineering or genetic modification, genetic technologies ...

Investigative genetic genealogy, which is a relatively new forensic tool, is now being considered in the search for answers in the Nancy Guthrie case.

Antibiotic resistance (AR) has steadily accelerated in recent years to become a global health crisis. As deadly bacteria evolve new ways to elude drug treatments for a variety of illnesses, a growing ...

For decades, scientists viewed the genome of a newly fertilized egg as a structural "blank slate"—a disordered tangle of DNA ...

Gastonia Police Department receives $629,000 federal grant secured by Congressman Tim Moore for Rapid DNA technology, a first in Gaston County.

New DNA technology leads to the arrest of a mother in Columbus County, over 50 years later.