Franklin W. Stahl, an American molecular biologist whose landmark 1957-58 experiment with colleague Matthew Meselson revealed ...

He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...

After years of collecting consumer DNA, genetic testing companies are monetizing the data. But who should profit — the ...

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop.

Eggs and embryos from people with polycystic ovary syndrome have altered patterns of so-called epigenetic tags, which could ...

Scientists have found genetic evidence of an ancient group of people in Colombia with no modern-day descendants. It’s as if ...

Charlie Health reports that eating disorders are significantly influenced by genetics, with family history increasing risk ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

There is more movement in our genome than we think. Almost half of the human genome consists of transposons – short DNA ...