An incredible story involving a beloved dog, a rescue, and a DNA discovery has gone viral, capturing attention in People magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post.

Kerri Rawson, the daughter of BTK Killer Dennis Rader, did not know her DNA was being used by investigators Johnny Dodd is a senior writer at PEOPLE, who focuses on human interest, crime and ...

The Yogurt Shop Murders When four teenage girls were murdered in an Austin, Texas, yogurt shop in 1991, a heartbroken city was left searching for answers. No one imagined that more than 30 years ...

DNA is found in nearly all living cells. However, its exact location within a cell depends on whether that cell possesses a special membrane-bound organelle called a nucleus. Organisms composed of ...

What scientists once dismissed as junk DNA may actually be some of the most powerful code in our genome. A new international study reveals that ancient viral DNA buried in our genes plays an ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man whose body was found in the Mississippi River south of St. Louis in 1994 has finally been identified after authorities exhumed his remains to collect new DNA samples. In ...

Then, once synthesized, this new DNA can be incorporated into the broken DNA strand, thereby repairing it. In effect, this is a form of recombination, because the broken-off area is replaced with ...

Chances are you've seen an illustration of DNA's double-helix structure and even pictures of the chromosomes that comprise the human genome. But where and how does the famous double helix fit into ...