Study published in Nature Communications identifies significant genetic differences in how depression affects women versus men, offering new insights into mental health.

Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ...

A New York judge on Wednesday allowed DNA evidence obtained through advanced techniques into the forthcoming murder trial of Rex Heuermann, the man accused of being Long Island’s Gilgo Beach serial ...

It’s been more than 25 years since a woman’s body was found in Melton Hill Lake, but a recent DNA analysis development may have investigators one step closer ...

Velma Louise Silva Lee vanished around 2004. Her family gave up searching. Then genealogy databases gave her back her name.

New research helps explain why disease-associated genetic variants can lead to variable clinical outcomes, influenced both by the patterns of secondary variants, or genetic background, and by how ...

The discovery centers on the unique strands of DNA contained within our mitochondria, the power stations of our cells. By ...

Researchers in McGill's Department of Physics have developed a new device that can trap and study DNA molecules without touching or damaging them. The device, which uses carefully tuned electric ...

An overview of how genetics associated with schizophrenia and bipolar can influence how cells communicate, ultimately ...

Exposures before birth and in early life, including paternal smoking and maternal obesity, are key predictors of lung health ...

Researchers developed an experimental method to convert skin cells into eggs, potentially allowing older women and same-sex ...

Austin police solved the 1991 "Yogurt Shop Murders" using advanced DNA technology, identifying Robert Eugene Brashers as the suspect.