According to DNA obtained from the remains of two individuals who lived about 7,000 years ago in what is now Libya, it was ...

Damage to the mitochondria, the 'power plants' of the cells, contributes to many diseases. Researchers now describe how cells with defective mitochondria activate a special recycling system to ...

Chromatin remodeling plays a vital role in gene regulation, affecting how DNA is accessed. Disruptions in this process can ...

Claire Glynn, the founding director of Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy at the University of New Haven, joined “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” on Friday to talk about the process. She said the ...

An NHS trust has agreed to pay compensation after a woman, now in her 70s, discovered she had been swapped at birth.

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued a warning today to residents who have used the genetic testing service 23andMe, ...

The genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy in March, after years of slowing sales, legal trouble, and a declining stock price. And now, the valuable trove of genetic data the company ...

Scientists say they have found a pattern of so-called epigenetic 'marks' in a transition state between normal and pancreatic cancer cells in mice, and that the normal cells may keep at least a ...

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird urges Iowans who have used 23andMe to take immediate steps to protect their genetic data as ...

Collaborative research led by investigators at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center defines a ...

At first glance, it looked like a genetic error — so severe it should have crippled the animal. But instead, it helped turn ...

Because she looks the way she does, she gets a lot of “What kind of dog is that?” comments, to which there’s no answer but “I ...