A piece of chewed birch bark tar gum unearthed in western Sweden has unlocked a window into ancient life, revealing the ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have reconciled two closely related but contentious mechanisms underlying ...

Eggs and embryos from people with polycystic ovary syndrome have altered patterns of so-called epigenetic tags, which could ...

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop.

A new study suggests that a 9,000-year-old society in Catalhoyuk, a proto-city in southern Anatolia, may have established a ...

Researchers surveyed the DNA of more than 200 cats spanning the last 9,000 years, including ancient Romanian cat remains, Egyptian cat mummies, and modern African wildcat specimens.

The DNA data of millions of people who used 23andMe's services won't be sold to a pharmaceutical company. A bankruptcy judge ...

A University of Alberta research team has identified a DNA structure that activates the immune system in cancer cells that ...

Worms radically reorganized their genomes during their move from sea to land, supporting the theory of punctuated equilibrium ...

Newborn babies in England will have their DNA mapped to predict and treat serious diseases, under new plans set out by the government. In comments first reported in the Daily Telegraph, Health ...

Every baby in the UK will have their DNA tested under a new 10-year plan for the NHS. The whole-genome sequencing will screen for hundreds of diseases and allow people to "leapfrog" killer ...

The DNA of every baby born in the UK will be mapped under a radical NHS overhaul aimed at predicting and preventing life-threatening diseases before symptoms ever appear. However, the decision is ...