Between 1946 and 1958, the United States detonated 67 nuclear weapons across the Marshall Islands, turning remote Pacific atolls into irradiated proving grounds. Decades later, scientists diving into ...

Federal and local authorities will use genetic genealogy to analyze DNA found at Nancy Guthrie's home as the ongoing ...

Cancer researchers are making strides in efforts to use genetic profiling to develop a more precise understanding of the ...

DNA is the blueprint of life. Genes encode proteins and serve as the body's basic components. However, building a functioning ...

The field of genetic data sharing stands at the frontier of biomedical research and clinical innovation, with growing relevance to population health, ...

DNA science has helped solve criminal cases for decades. But increasingly, investigative genetic genealogy — which was first used for cold cases — is helping to solve active cases as well.