Barbara Rae-Venter never anticipated that her genealogy hobby would lead to the capture of one of California's most notorious criminals, the Golden State Killer. Her pioneering use of genetic ...

Cannabis use may leave lasting fingerprints on the human body, a study of over 1,000 adults suggests – not in our DNA code ...

When people think of DNA, they usually think of genes, the parts that code for proteins and drive inherited traits. But there ...

Scientists have discovered that cannabis use may cause lasting changes in the epigenome, affecting gene expression in adults.

In 1997, a nine-year-old Ohio boy was sexually assaulted, but his assailant could not be found. Using genetic genealogy, a recent tool for tracing family histories through DNA, Cuyahoga County ...

Every living cell must interpret its genetic code - a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions.

Every living cell must interpret its genetic code—a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions. A ...

Further experiments showed that it was DNA in the chromosome, not proteins, that actually carried the genetic code. Mitosis. Mitosis; root meristem of onion (cells in prophase, anaphase).

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and ...

Artificial human DNA, or synthetic DNA (synDNA), would be made without biological parents by instead using chemicals. SynHG (Synthetic Human Genome) researchers won’t create artificial life but ...