Beginning this fall, the Williamson and Montgomery County Sheriff's Offices will begin entering DNA samples from some ...

Biological relationships are the foundation of every family, but sometimes primary documents are not enough to prove these ...

Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...

Colorado forensic scientists have cut the time it takes for complete DNA testing in sexual assault cases by over half since last summer, but it is still well above both the Colorado Bureau of ...

Reddit users aren't convinced, one user said: "I'm pretty sure your pup has none of those in her ancestry.” ...

A 30-year-old dad discovered he's not the biological father to his girlfriend's two-year-old son after taking a DNA test ...

Investigators have turned to genetic genealogy in a bid to track down a suspect in the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy ...

Daphne O. Martschenko and Sam Trejo both want to make the world a better, fairer, more equitable place. But they disagree on whether studying social genomics—elucidating any potential genetic ...

A study published in the journal Science reveals how jumping fragments of human DNA, a type of genetic parasite, destabilize the cancer genome. Unstable genomes are a fertile playground for cancer ...

Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health ...

A new study suggests preeclampsia, a deadly pregnancy disorder, may have contributed to Neanderthal extinction.