Two U.S. senators this week introduced a bill that would create new rules around the sale of synthetic gene sequences that could be used to create bioweapons.

DNA's iconic double helix does more than "just" store genetic information. Under certain conditions it can temporarily fold into unusual shapes.

A research team led by La Trobe University has developed a single-use test strip that could ultimately change how diseases ...

"By cleverly combining new techniques for analyzing DNA at the level of individual molecules, we can achieve real breakthroughs in research into conditions such as dementia," predicts Professor John ...

New evidence has emerged that sheds light on the possible first people to populate the Americas. Dating of stone and ivory ...

The power of artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing has made it possible to design genetic sequences encoding ...

In the summer of 2025, the University of Louisville Brown Cancer Center became one of the first in the US to offer FDA ...

Here’s how extinct DNA could help us in the present—and the future. Yeah, we know—it’s not a dire wolf. In early 2025, the Texas biotech company Colossal Biosciences landed with a splash on the cover ...

LAWRENCE — Lawrence police say DNA discovered on a single cigarette butt helped crack a 25-year-old case involving child sex crimes. Fifty-eight-year-old David James Zimbrick was arrested Monday in ...

The new storage system could hold family photos, cultural artifacts and the master versions of digital artworks, movies, manuscripts and music for thousands of years, scientists say. When you purchase ...

After decades of silence, advancements in DNA technology are bringing long-awaited answers for cold cases in the Upper Midwest Retired Winona County Sheriff Dave Brand speaks after a press conference ...

It’s been nearly 30 years since JonBenet Ramsey’s haunting Christmastime murder — and there’s renewed optimism that investigators could be closer than ever to solving it. Boulder police, who have made ...