DNA of 117-year-old woman suggests good genetics, healthy lifestyle choices, and yogurt could contribute to a longer life.

The world's oldest DNA comes from a 2.4 million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland. Will scientists eventually sequence even older DNA?

A judge in New York rejected a request on 23 September to disqualify the use of cutting-edge DNA sequencing as evidence in a ...

For decades, gene-editing science has been limited to making small, precise edits to human DNA, akin to correcting typos in ...

The error rate of a promising gene-editing tool can be reduced up to 60-fold by introducing mutations that change where the ...

Robertsonian chromosomes are associated with infertility and Down syndrome, now cutting-edge DNA sequencing technology has ...

Researchers at Duke University used CRISPR technologies to discover previously unannotated stretches of DNA in the "dark ...

Scientists mapped brain development before birth, revealing DNA changes linked to autism and schizophrenia risk.

A team of Kansas City scientists has published what the industry is calling a "landmark" study that offers new insight into ...

Between 2020 and 2024, CBP took DNA from approximately 2,000 U.S. citizens, including at least 95 minors, and sent those ...

Leonardo Gomes de Lima, Ph.D., a postdoctoral associate in the Gerton Lab, led the research. The findings show how these chromosome fusions form, why they remain stable, and how repetitive DNA, once ...