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

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

The recoded bacterium uses only 57 of the 64 possible genetic codes, freeing up seven to be used for different purposes ...

Authorities said a woman in August 1986 reported to Michigan State Police troopers with the Manistique Post that she had been ...

A Crittenden County judge has authorized DNA testing of evidence in the West Memphis Three case, which will be conducted by ...

University of Queensland researchers have developed an affordable, open-source DNA measurement tool that can be built using a ...

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 ...

Regardless of the results of DNA testing in a cold murder case in Mobile, prosecutors should be prohibited from using it, a ...