Scientists know that genetic factors can explain many of autism’s features - but have autism researchers been looking for ...

By looking at maggots’ genes and metabolic changes, investigators can better predict time of death, the researchers said.

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...

If your estate plan was created before the DNA testing era—or hasn't been updated to account for these new realities—now is ...

Cancer isn't just about broken genes—it's about broken architecture. Imagine a city where roads suddenly vanish, cutting off ...

When DNA breaks, cells must repair it accurately to prevent harmful mutations. Researchers have discovered that during a key ...

When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication ...

In a recent study, researcher Dr. Hui Zhou and his colleagues conducted a genetic analysis of the genomes of individuals ...

Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...

The DNA inside our cells is constantly being damaged, and one of the worst kinds of damage is a double-strand break—when both ...

Kian Sadeghi, the 25-year-old founder and CEO at Nucleus Genomics, tells "CBS Mornings" that parents have every right to select the qualities and traits they desire in their child.

In the past twenty years, major technological advances in extracting and analyzing DNA have transformed the ability to ...