State police have identified a man through DNA evidence in connection with two cold cases in Plymouth County dating back more ...

Most gene-editing tools cut DNA wherever they’re pointed, with no way to tell a tumor cell from a healthy one. A study ...

Amy Dockser Marcus is a health and science reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Boston.

Roger Duquesne, who went missing in 1950, was positively identified using a breakthrough technique that superimposes photo ...

In everyday life, our genetic material is constantly under attack from many factors. Environmental influences such as light, ...

In its announcement, CMPDs Cold Case Unit pointed directly to familial DNA techniques as the key to reviving the 1993 ...

Most fat stores energy; the body's brown fat does the opposite. Unlike the white fat that accumulates just under our skin, ...

The FBI is analyzing a hair sample from Nancy Guthrie’s home using advanced forensic methods in one of 2026’s most ...

Earlier this year, the largest trial to date on cancer blood tests failed to reach its primary objective. Oncologists haven't ...

MethylScan is a low-cost blood test that detects cancers and organ diseases by analyzing DNA methylation, improving early diagnosis, and identifying disease origin.

Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) developed a new RNA sequencing strategy that can reveal how ...