The Maryland Supreme Court denied a new trial after testing showed no victim DNA on a gun barrel used in a 2008 sexual assault case.

This DNA test can predict if a 5-year-old will be obese as an adult A new genetic test, based on data from more than five million people, can identify people at risk of severe obesity.

Donna Truscott want to solve the mystery of her missing grandfather. A DNA test took her search in a shocking direction.

A study of prehistoric skeletons from the Italian Alps shows that society may have been organized around fathers and that Ötzi the Iceman had a unique family lineage.

Losing a family pet can be devastating. But one California family discovered their newly-adopted dog is the parent of a loved one they just lost.

Losing a family pet can be devastating. But one East Bay family discovered their newly-adopted senior dog is the parent of a furry loved one they just lost.

Deputy lied about DNA test in rape case against former NDSCS football player featured on ESPN, attorney says Ray Ruschel gained fame for playing college football at 49 years old. He is accused of ...

The Optimist He thought his father abandoned him. Then he took a DNA test. Akihiko Yamamoto recently connected with his American sister, Sharon Lovell, whom he never knew existed.

In a multi-institutional study published in Science Direct, researchers revealed that testing urine-based tumor DNA (utDNA) can help predict which bladder cancer patients are at higher risk for ...

A man tied to a 40-year-old Miami-Dade rape case by a DNA test was put back in custody Friday thanks to a test of different sort – a drug test.

Justices side with Texas death row inmate seeking DNA test to avoid execution A 6-3 Supreme Court decision gives the inmate a potential path to have evidence tested to prove he was not responsible ...