Malignancies that meant a certain quick death not long ago have become treatable, even curable.

After 42 years, investigators say DNA testing uncovered the identities of the parents of a baby found abandoned in 1983.

At first, James Watson terrified me. It was 1991 and my first day as the new science writer at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

The real revolution came in 2012, when researchers Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier harnessed CRISPR, a natural bacterial defense system. In bacteria, CRISPR cuts out invading viruses’ DNA ...

EMMAUS, Pa. - At the Emmaus Police Department investigators are going over a 43-year-old case: The murder of 27-year-old ...

Police have added the 1988 murder of a Gloucester County teen to a list of victims by a serial killer, who has been linked to three additional deaths in Virginia.

SUFFOLK — Virginia State Police and Isle of Wight Commonwealth’s Attorney Georgette Phillips announced Friday that through advancements in DNA technology, investigators have identified Alan W. Wilmer ...

Jupiter Joe” had enjoyed two decades of freedom before investigators cracked the case in 2021 using family DNA technology for ...

The FDA’s Marty Makary and Vinay Prasad have laid out a path for CRISPR treatments on demand. An expert weighs in on what it ...

Twist reported SynBio revenue of $39.5 million for the quarter, a 17% increase year-over-year, and $145 million for the full year. NGS revenue reached $53 million for the quarter and $208.1 million ...

Pregnancy loss may occur in as many as 25% of all pregnancies. Most of these losses occur in the first trimester, and about ...

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