MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery ...

By examining genomic variation more closely, scientists can now identify new disease connections with greater speed and accuracy. For centuries, scientists have recognized that certain illnesses can ...

Forensic DNA analysis has fundamentally changed criminal investigations, providing an unprecedented level of accuracy in identifying suspects, exonerating the innocent, and solving cold cases. And ...

Investigators using technology that lets them analyze DNA quickly without a lab have positively identified the remains of 14 ...

Smithsonian researchers used fecal samples to identify specific wild swift foxes. This method allows for non-invasive monitoring, which reduces stress for the animals. Wes Overvold, Smithsonian’s ...

All modern humans share DNA from two ancient populations that split 1.5 million years ago and reunited through interbreeding about 300,000 years ago. The genetic mixture is approximately 80% from one ...

Scientists analyzed data from more than one million users of 23andMe and found associations between certain genes and ...

The practices of the California-based lab whose novel DNA analysis techniques have been used to link accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex A. Heuermann to the killings of several young women, and its ...

As a string of criminal cases reliant on suspect statements led to wrongful convictions that have been overturned in retrials, the importance of scientific investigations based on objective evidence, ...