Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the material in cells that carries all genetic information in humans, animals, plants, and all living cells. It’s passed down from ...

DNA holds the instructions that make us who we are. If we want to read those instructions, say, to understand our ...

DNA holds the instructions that make us who we are. If we want to read those instructions, say to understand our predisposition to genetic disorders, we need to carefully 'unzip' DNA's iconic ...

Advanced light microscopy techniques are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in ...

One especially severe form of damage called a double-strand break involves the severing of both strands of the DNA double helix.

DNA evidence links Rex Heuermann, the alleged Long Island serial killer, to six of the seven murders he’s charged with. Why may it not be admitted in court?

Archaeologists working in Colombia’s Bogotá Altiplano recently uncovered ancient human remains that have left scientists puzzled. Genetic analysis of the 6,000-year-old skeletons revealed DNA ...

DNA solves 1975 murders of two teenage girls, BSO says Nearly five decades after the brutal killings of two 14-year-old girls, the Broward Sheriff's Office announced it has solved the 1975 double ...

Based on a new report, Samsung's first tri-fold handset will emulate the Galaxy Z Fold 7. That goes for a number of design-build elements.

Bryan Chiclana must submit a sample of his DNA so it can be compared to DNA found at the scene of the killings of Michael "Mickey" Harmon and Jordan Celotto, a judge ruled Friday.

New research predicts the location of DNA sequences that can form structures besides the canonical double helix — non-B DNA — in the recently released telomere-to-telomere genomes of the great ...