New DNA analysis rules out the possibility that Kaspar Hauser was a “lost prince” kidnapped as a child nearly two centuries ...

A United States-based Nigerian lawyer, Emmanuel Ogebe, who assisted in the release of a death row inmate, Emmanuel Ihejirika, ...

Findings suggest that new genes can form by repurposing fragments of ancestral genes while incorporating entirely new coding regions (the protein-coding parts of the DNA). This innovative concept ...

DNA was a key factor in recent updates in the 24-year-old case of missing Cleveland County girl Asha Degree. Search warrants ...

DNA testing will begin on Monday to identify the bodies of children who died in a fire at a Kenyan boarding school, local authorities have said. At least 21 children, with an average age of nine ...

The lead authors—forensic scientists Dr. Duncan Taylor and Dr. Mariya Goray—say that substantial improvements in the sensitivity of forensic DNA techniques now allow for very small traces of ...

No survivors were expected among the 22 people on board, state news agencies said. The long-sacrosanct practice of keeping young Russian army conscripts off the front lines is eroding as the lack ...

It has suspected for many years that some diseases may be linked to non-coding or 'junk' DNA, but the mechanism behind the pathology hasn't been worked out. Now, scientists in the UK think they ...

A team of experts has proposed storing the DNA of threatened animals in a vault on the lunar surface – Earth's only natural satellite – where conditions are cold enough to preserve the samples.