Few of us ever think about what happens beneath our feet when we walk through a field of wheat or clover. We see the stalks, ...

Astrea Forensics' co-founder, Dr. Richard Green, described in court how his lab’s whole genome sequencing results were ...

Is DNA analysis stuck in the past? New tech could free innocent people from prison — but no one’s rushing to test it.

Today, DNA analysis is standard practice for defining paternity or maternity, predisposition to disease, embryonic health, criminal guilt or innocence, and so on.

At school, it's often presented as a tidy double helix but scientists are revealing the varied and intricate shapes of DNA ...

If you're looking to uncover family history or learn more about your health, here's how to decide which DNA testing kit is best for you.

Researchers in the lab extracted the DNA and performed feasibility tests that helped to determine which types of DNA were available for analysis. A profile was then made for each sample – some Y ...

Scientists are trying to sequence the DNA of Leonardo da Vinci to identify if the remains at his interment site really are ...

Putting Crime Scene DNA Analysis on Trial We reported on a dispute over the methods used by New York City’s crime lab to analyze complex DNA samples. Now similar concerns are prompting a ...