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.

Krulwich: Do all of them manufacture something that makes us? Lander: No. No. Actually most of the DNA letters in your genome don't manufacture any proteins that do anything in your body.

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

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.