While successful gene transfers help the nucleus to better coordinate its function with that of the organelles, they also pose risks: mutations arising by DNA insertion can disrupt essential nuclear ...

The case went unsolved until it was reopened by Washington County investigators decades later. DNA evidence, in the form of skin cells found on Deborah Atrops’ coat in 2022, led to Robert Atrops ...

Japan has, for the first time, identified human remains from the Battle of Okinawa using only DNA testing, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said in a recent announcement. DNA from the ...

Forensic scientist details DNA findings on SUV and scene On Friday, Andre Porto, a forensic scientist with the Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab’s DNA unit, testified about DNA evidence ...

A team of researchers from the University of Huddersfield's Archaeogenetics Research Group has provided fresh insight into the genetic landscape of Spain. The work, led by Ph.D. researcher Gonzalo ...

This photo was taken at Ron Novak’s sister’s wedding. (Contributed) Those pieces of evidence and advances in DNA technology would eventually be used to zero in on Schappert. In 2011 ...

In a new comprehensive study of the spread of domesticated cats, DNA analysis suggests that cats lived for thousands of years alongside humans before they were domesticated. During that time ...

The case went cold and remained so until 2023, when advances in DNA and genealogical testing connected the case to a man named Ricky Lee Stallworth. Stallworth was a 27-year-old airman stationed ...

Vitamin D supplements might slow cellular aging by preventing the loss of telomeres, DNA sequences at the ends of chromosomes that shorten in old age, a new study suggests. The health effects of t ...

A new “DNA atlas” of Ireland is revealing some of the surprising ways historic kingdoms have influenced populations on the island—and it offers the first genetic evidence that Vikings ...