Every living cell must interpret its genetic code—a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions. A ...

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop.

From DNA sequencing to fingerprint analysis, forensic scientists are using groundbreaking new tools to stop animal ...

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

Powerful new applications of what is known as next-generation sequencing are now helping with identification of degraded ...

He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...