Rayan Cherki was just a boy when Lyon’s former academy director Jean-Francois Vulliez asked him about his targets. The reply? To win the Champions League and the Ballon d’Or. Vulliez laughs at the ...

In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific ...

Scientists have uncovered an enormous hidden archive of plant DNA that has endured for more than 400 million years. By comparing hundreds of plant genomes, researchers identified more than 2.3 million ...

In this essay, queer feminist writer and activist Dr. Jaime M. Grant reflects on writing Kink for Dummies and why queer lust and pleasure have always been part of LGBTQ+ resistance.

Genome editing-based therapies typically aim to treat disease by correcting underlying genetic mutations in patient's cells.

Researchers uncovered millions of ancient plant DNA switches—some older than flowering plants themselves—revealing a hidden evolutionary blueprint stretching back 400 million years. Most people have ...

With aging populations on the rise, the need for better tools to diagnose and monitor Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia, has never been more urgent. This disease is ...

After the Andover cold case ID, "we're going to continue solving cases and giving families answers," said the Texas DNA lab.

In 2024, investigators brought their forensic evidence to Othram, a DNA lab that has created a forensic database in part through members of the public contributing their DNA data, ...

Drug delivery researchers have vastly improved the potential of genetic therapies by overcoming the challenge of consistently getting genes and gene-editing tools where they need to be within cells.

A Texas-based DNA lab helped get answers in two New York state cold cases this week.One was the case of Nassau County ...

Tech keeps evolving to accompany the human health journey. Here's what one of our team gleaned from a quick inner-cheek swab ...