DNA is the chemical that codes for proteins which determine our physical traits. This molecule is a double coil connected by cross pieces (called bases). There are four bases that can vary in sequence ...

Researchers have uncovered how specific DNA rearrangements called inverted triplications contribute to the development of various genetic diseases. The study reveals that during DNA repair, segments ...

Finally geneticists have sequenced the entire X chromosome - well, 99.3 per cent of it - and their discovery, published in last week's issue of the science magazine Nature, does not auger well for the ...

People who submit DNA to ancestry websites are now leading to arrests. Christine Franke was a 25-year-old college student when she was shot dead in her Orlando apartment on Oct. 21, 2001. Though DNA ...

A group of Chinese scientists has overcome a challenge that stumped biologists for decades by developing a new gene-editing tool that can precisely manipulate millions of base pairs – the building ...

The personal information of millions of people who sent swabs of their DNA to consumer testing services have been leaked in high profile hacks in recent years, leading to questions about how secure ...