Advances in DNA sequencing technology help forensic biologists identify suspects where traditional DNA profiling has failed, including decades-old unsolved crimes.

For years, two siblings with the distinctive facial features of Treacher Collins syndrome had no genetic explanation for ...

Michigan Tech's Genomic Sequencing Lab, part of the University's Health Research Institute, plays a leading role in tracking animal-borne illnesses in the Upper Peninsula region while also advancing ...

Newborn babies admitted to the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) rely on the quick decisions and rapid action of the medical team responsible for them. DNA testing is critical to ...

DNA methylation is a critical epigenetic mechanism in numerous biological processes, including gene regulation, development, ageing and the onset of various diseases such as cancer. Studies of ...

Stanford develops protein-to-DNA method enabling high-throughput protein sequencing Technique detects up to 1,000 times more ...

Lucknow: The tooth of an Indian cheetah — extinct since the 1940s — sits safely in a laboratory in Lucknow’s Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleosciences, waiting to be studied. With this, scientists are ...

Illumina is welcoming a new addition to its DNA sequencing lineup, with a pair of accessible benchtop instruments that incorporate the tech and chemistry used by its largest, top-of-the-line machines.

A state judge has decided to allow key DNA evidence in the trial of Rex Heuermann, who is accused of killing seven women and dumping many of their bodies along a remote stretch of Long Island beach.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A DNA lab in Texas is credited with playing a pivotal role in identifying the victim in a grisly 1970 murder in Allegany County.