In medicine and biotechnology, the ability to evolve proteins with new or improved functions is crucial, but current methods ...

Hello Health Rounds readers! Today we feature a study from Swedish researchers who have come up with a way to determine if some people with type 2 diabetes are at lower risk for developing heart ...

Cells have evolved ingenious ways to defend themselves from viral attack. Research from The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute ...

DNA replication is a fundamental biological process that enables the accurate duplication of an organism’s genetic material. This intricate mechanism ensures that each new cell receives a complete set ...

A DNA test can uncover your ancestry and connect you to relatives, but it can also expose family secrets and raise privacy risks. Here’s what you need to know.

Today is the deadline for 23andMe customers to submit a claim for compensation, if eligible.

Dear Prudence, My wife “Sandra” and her siblings recently decided to take one of those Ancestry DNA tests for the purpose of starting a family genealogy project.

Franklin Stahl, biologist who helped reveal how DNA replicates, dies at 95 An early experiment, with colleague Matthew Meselson, helped set the stage for a revolution in genetics.

Archaeology Human Evolution Neanderthal DNA may refute 65,000-year-old date for human occupation in Australia, but not all experts are convinced ...

The Supreme Court granted Texas death row inmate Ruben Gutierrez the right to sue over DNA testing laws as he argues he shouldn't be given the death penalty for the 1998 murder he was convicted of.

For nearly 15 years, a man on death row in Texas has sought DNA testing to try and prove he did not kill an 85-year-old woman.