Latest DNA/Genetics News
Genetic Therapies Promise Cures To Inherited Disease
The University of Utah has been a leader in the field of genetics research for decades. Ethical issues are on the rise as the technology now allows genome.
Updated: 08/16/2019 05:07P
Police Are Collecting DNA From People Without Telling Them
The New York Police Department is accumulating a massive DNA database of thousands of genetic profiles, The New York Times reports. DNA samples were ...
Updated: 08/16/2019 02:38P
Numbers count in the genetics of moles and melanomas
Scientists have identified a way to help dermatologists determine a patient's risk of developing melanoma.
Updated: 08/16/2019 10:33A
The best DNA tests you can buy
DNA tests aren't just limited to ancestry. You can test for your risks for certain diseases, the best workouts and diets for your health and fitness, and more.
Updated: 08/16/2019 04:00A
N.Y.P.D. Detectives Gave a Boy, 12, a Soda. He Landed in a DNA Database.
The city has 82473 people in its database. Many of them have no idea their genetic information is there.
Updated: 08/15/2019 04:28P
Kary B. Mullis, 74, Dies; Found a Way to Analyze DNA and Won Nobel
Kary B. Mullis, a biochemist who won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering a way to analyze DNA easily and cheaply and thus pave the way for ...
Updated: 08/15/2019 02:37P
Ancestry customer says he is glad his DNA on GEDmatch led to unknown cousin's arrest for murder
When John Hogan was researching his family tree, he never imagined that paying for a DNA kit from Ancestry could one day help detectives to solve a cold case ...
Updated: 08/14/2019 10:26P
Kary Mullis, a Newport resident and quirky Nobel laureate whose DNA discovery changed the science world, dies
Kary Mullis was an unconventional and often controversial Nobel laureate.
Updated: 08/14/2019 01:26P
Moles on the body largely influenced by genetics, finds new study
A new study has found that genes have a greater influence than previously thought not only on the number of moles you have but also where they are on your ...
Updated: 08/14/2019 10:57A
Scientists Uncover More Proof That Genetics Determine Autism Risk
Researchers say they've found more proof that autism has a genetic cause. Scientists from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Stanford University, ...
Updated: 08/14/2019 03:00A