DNA of 117-year-old woman suggests good genetics, healthy lifestyle choices, and yogurt could contribute to a longer life.

Population bottlenecks caused by stark population loss due to illness or habitat destruction caused mammals' disease immunity ...

The world's oldest DNA comes from a 2.4 million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland. Will scientists eventually sequence even older DNA?

The ruling could provide prosecutors with a lot more confidence in using such evidence, potentially leading to a whole wave ...

A judge in New York rejected a request on 23 September to disqualify the use of cutting-edge DNA sequencing as evidence in a ...

For decades, gene-editing science has been limited to making small, precise edits to human DNA, akin to correcting typos in ...

The error rate of a promising gene-editing tool can be reduced up to 60-fold by introducing mutations that change where the ...

Robertsonian chromosomes are associated with infertility and Down syndrome, now cutting-edge DNA sequencing technology has ...

A team of Kansas City scientists has published what the industry is calling a "landmark" study that offers new insight into ...

Scientists mapped brain development before birth, revealing DNA changes linked to autism and schizophrenia risk.

Leonardo Gomes de Lima, Ph.D., a postdoctoral associate in the Gerton Lab, led the research. The findings show how these chromosome fusions form, why they remain stable, and how repetitive DNA, once ...