A Prince William County jury on Aug. 21 convicted a Florida man in a 1987 rape and abduction at a Woodbridge gas station in a case that marks the first time a U.S. court has successfully identified a ...

The remains of someone who was found 16 years ago have finally been identified, thanks to advanced DNA technology.

Genetic information can be life-saving in a medical emergency, yet it's still rarely collected from adults -- even when doctors are struggling to make a diagnosis. New research shows Americans need ...

Plant roots are essential for both food production and climate, yet until now they have been nearly impossible to measure accurately. Researchers at Aarhus University have now developed a method that ...

Eugene Teodor Gligor, 45, who pleaded guilty to the killing of Leslie Preer earlier this year, was sentenced Thursday to 22 years in prison by a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge in Rockville.

More than 60 people attended the sentencing hearing for Leslie Preer’s killer at the Montgomery County Circuit Court on ...

Software and data analytics are creating a new landscape for investors in medicine. Genomics stands at the forefront of this revolution. Read more ...

LIYAM CHITAYAT is a Hertz Fellow and MIT Ph.D. student in Computational Systems Biology. She has previously led biodefense ...

Explore the future of healthcare with gene therapies that offer hope for untreatable diseases and advanced treatment options.

An aging expert thinks humans can live for 20,000 years—and he might not be crazy. There's one major key to unlocking extreme ...

This highlights an important preclinical model that could be successful in humans. The notoriously persistent, ...

U.S. Navy Ensign Eugene Mandeberg was piloting a Hellcat when it was shot down moments after Japan surrendered in World War ...