A new study has revealed that "junk DNA" descended from ancient viruses could play a key role in controlling genes.

A massive DNA study reveals how genes shape your sense of smell and offers new clues about brain health and Alzheimer's risk.

Ancient viruses left a legacy in your DNA. And it turns out, that legacy may be helping shape who you are. A recent ...

Scientists have developed a chemical method to reverse aging in human cells without the need for genetic modification.

Imagine a lone DNA strand bringing to an end decades of suffering for a family without rhyme or reason. That’s what happened ...

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 ...

The story of this potentially paradigmatic development begins where so much of human health begins: the mitochondria.

Franklin County Sheriff Jim Raymond announces the arrrest of the arrest of Jesse Lee Castillo, 51, in the 27 year old murder ...

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

A judge in Crittenden County has approved a new round of DNA testing in the long-standing case of the West Memphis Three, ...