Genome instability can cause numerous diseases. Cells have effective DNA repair mechanisms at their disposal. A research team ...

Meiotic recombination generates genetic diversity and promotes proper chromosomal segregation of parental chromosomes. This ...

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear an appeal by a Texas man who faces the death penalty for his role in the 1998 ...

An army veteran's DNA was found on a bottle at the home of the man accused of murdering him, a court has heard. Paul Taylor, ...

Scientists have wondered if the many captive tigers in the United States could one day help restore the species in the wild.

After 23andMe’s board of directors resigns, the president of encrypted messaging app Signal joins other security experts in ...

Modern forensic tests helped identify a suspect in the abduction of Morgan Nick, a 6-year-old who disappeared in Arkansas in ...

With its distinctive face and tufted ears, the Iberian lynx is a living testament to one of conservation's greatest comebacks ...

The law, House Bill 533, mandates that everyone arrested in Florida, regardless of the crime, must submit their DNA.

DNA submitted by users to the genealogy company 23andMe will remain private for now, with CEO Anne Wojcicki saying she no ...

"One thing the detectives kept telling us was … eventually technology's gonna solve this case. … I trusted that, and they turned out that they were right," Sarah Yarborough's mother tells "48 Hours." ...