Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a suite of algorithms to automate the counting of sister ...

Investigators linked a 50-year-old Jamaica Plain man to an unsolved killing from 1997 using a sample of his DNA they recovered from spit in a parking lot, a prosecutor said in court Wednesday. Brian ...

Under the proposed rule, DHS’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would require submission of biometric information from nearly all applicants and individuals associated with ...

Seventeen years had passed by the time Boston police knocked on Louise’s door to say they had identified the man who allegedly raped and stabbed her in October 2005. A national outlier: Most states ...

A new study shows that DNA forms coils under stress, not the tangled knots that scientists expected. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

The DNA packed inside every human cell contains instructions for life, written in billions of letters of genetic code. Every time a cell divides, the complete code, divided among 46 chromosomes, must ...

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection has inflicted devastating impacts on the global swine industry, while current vaccines provide limited protection against this ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — DNA recovered from the victim’s fingernail was one piece of evidence that led to the arrest of a 17-year-old boy in an alleged sexual assault of a female jogger at Silver Lake ...

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Every living thing has DNA, the blueprint for life. These genetic blueprints separate us as species and, further, as individuals. The human genome — the complete set of DNA found in all humans — is ...

Cells are the smallest units of life. But even within the same tissue or organ, they are not all identical. New variations arise continuously during cell proliferation. While genetic mutations alter ...

Current genetic sequencing techniques can provide much information about the genetic makeup and activity in a sample, like a piece of tissue or a drop of blood. But they are unable to reveal where ...