A new study has revealed that "junk DNA" descended from ancient viruses could play a key role in controlling genes.

Authorities said a woman in August 1986 reported to Michigan State Police troopers with the Manistique Post that she had been ...

The recoded bacterium uses only 57 of the 64 possible genetic codes, freeing up seven to be used for different purposes ...

He also proved to be 12 percent Saint Bernard, 10 percent German wirehaired pointer and 9 percent each of chow chow and ...

MARION, Ark. (KAIT) - A judge Friday ordered DNA testing of evidence connected with the West Memphis 3 murders. During a ...

Imagine a lone DNA strand bringing to an end decades of suffering for a family without rhyme or reason. That’s what happened ...

The story of this potentially paradigmatic development begins where so much of human health begins: the mitochondria.

She was rescued from a shelter specializing in pit bulls, but as the weeks passed and Ripley began to grow at an astonishing ...

The DNA packed inside every human cell contains instructions for life, written in billions of letters of genetic code. Every time a cell divides, the complete code, divided among 46 chromosomes, must ...

A 64-year-old man living in Arizona at the time of his arrest has been charged after DNA linked him to a California cold case ...