Summer McKesson’s quest for answers to her medical condition would unearth a family secret – and a doctor’s decades-old ...

DNA contains foundational information needed to sustain life. Understanding how this information is stored and organized has been one of the greatest scientific challenges of the last century. With ...

In 1969, when my mom was an infant, her mother, Amanda, disappeared one day and was never heard from again. “I spent my entire childhood wondering what happened to her,” my mom, Zoyda, explained to me ...

When Steve Edsel was a boy, his adoptive parents kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings in their bedroom closet. He would ask for it sometimes, poring over the headlines about his birth. Headlines ...

A U.S. bankruptcy judge ruled that bankrupt DNA-testing company 23andMe has the right to sell its customers’ DNA data to potential bidders. But 23andMe has no such right. In fact, it would be ...

EMBL researchers created SDR-seq, a next-generation tool that decodes both DNA and RNA from the same cell. It finally opens ...

Imagine a single test that can guide your doctor on which medicines will work best for your body, not just today, but for the ...

Researchers have generated the most comprehensive genome sequence of the pistachio, allowing plant breeders to create better varieties. (Bárbara Blanco-Ulate / UC Davis) California produces 99% of the ...

What happens when you squeeze DNA? Can pressure reveal something about how our genetic material is packed, protected, and ...