WHAT IS THE HUMAN GENOME AND WHY DO WE NEED TO SEQUENCE IT? The Human Genome project is one of the most ambitious and challenging quests ever undertaken by science. Its goal is to completely map and ...

At its core, aging is a dysfunction in the way DNA is read and implemented in cells, says David Sinclair, PhD. And he’s basically putting all his money on figuring out how to leverage our knowledge of ...

Texas-based Othram Labs tested more than a dozen samples hoping to extract DNA, but the chemicals the body was stored in caused it to degrade, Coroner Bill Leach told the Tri-City ...

Bruno Mars won’t just be bringing the funk “Uptown” this year. The 16-time Grammy winner has ‘The Romantic Tour’ gigs scheduled at stadiums all over North America from May through October in support ...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Assistant Professor Teresa Lee of the Department of Biological Sciences a five-year CAREER grant totaling $1.1 million to study how the proteins that ...

An algorithm scanned 78 million genetic variants and found patterns that shouldn't exist. Most human DNA tells a familiar ...

Bacteria created using mirror images of natural biomolecules would pose a grave threat to life on Earth, some researchers ...

Using synthetic DNA, the LOC shrunk down handwritten lyrics to the ‘Star-Spangled Banner,’ a rendering of Abe Lincoln’s hand, ...

If you, or someone you love, has ever been diagnosed with cancer, you know how scary it can be thinking about the treatment that lies ahead.

Bradley Adams had an expertise in human remains when he got a call from detectives looking for a missing woman in 2010.

The creator of "Rooster," "Scrubs" and "Shrinking" did not expect to have a career renaissance in his late 50s ...

The plan fits into a broader vision to bring the crime lab, a new emergency operations center, a consolidated dispatch center ...