A letter reportedly written about the prime suspect behind the infamous Jack the Ripper murders could now be worth a whopping ...

What may be the first commercially available book saved in DNA is the latest example of how consumers might use molecular data storage.

In yeast, mice, and humans, the first step in a gene's expression, transcription, proceeds as DNA molecular "letters" ...

The Y chromosome is the keeper of family history on the male side. Written in the letters of DNA, it carries a record of a man's paternal ancestors. Here is your chance to try your hand at being a ...

In a groundbreaking shift in our understanding of mutations, researchers have discovered types of DNA damage in healthy cells ...

That’s impressive, given that the DNA packed into each of our cells has six billion letters and is two metres long. What happens next can vary. The standard Cas9 protein cuts the DNA at the target.

Dec. 26.) The author mentions swapping out "parts of human DNA with Neanderthal DNA." It may be a semantic point, but while Neanderthals clearly differed genetically from modern humans ...