DNA database search for Nancy Guthrie case yields no match in CODIS, narrowing suspect pool but keeping genetic evidence active for future hits.

Fragments of DNA from long-extinct human relatives still circulate in modern genomes, and in some cases they do more than ...

For decades, the dream of fixing harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA felt out of reach. Scientists have long known these mutations cause serious diseases that pass down only through mothers. They ...

Fred Lee Frampton Jr., 33, pleaded guilty to a 2010 home invasion and shooting. A Maryland man nabbed for murder through DNA and genetic genealogy has pleaded guilty to the crime -- shooting a man ...

An Ice Age double burial in Italy has yielded a stunning genetic revelation. DNA from a mother and daughter who lived over 12,000 years ago shows that the younger had a rare inherited growth disorder, ...