DNA is often called the blueprint of life, but what does that really mean? Elizabeth Worthey, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Genetics in the Heersink School of Medicine, explains everything ...

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Morrissey is the Chief of Operations for United Data Connect, a company that helps use DNA to solve cases. Morrissey is ...

New research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison reveals that dysfunction in a protein essential to maintaining ...

Scientists analyzed data from more than one million users of 23andMe and found associations between certain genes and stuttering ...

Preserving DNA in biological samples has long posed a challenge for researchers, but the process may be about to get a lot ...

Scientists dug into paleofeces for a new study, learning some very intimate details about how long-ago people lived.

In 1812, hundreds of thousands of men in Napoleon's army perished during their retreat from Russia. Researchers now believe a ...