The global birthrate has been in significant decline for decades. In the U.S., couples are deciding to have children later in ...

A saliva test may help "turn the tide" on prostate cancer, UK scientists claim. It analyses men's DNA to work out who was ...

Could it be that one of only three known markers directly targeting the DNA does not exist outside the realm of microbes? Now, researchers have demonstrated that this marker -- N4-methylcytosine (4mC) ...

While Kevin McMahon loves his siblings dearly, he can’t help but wonder how his life might have been different had he grown ...

Kevin McMahon's younger siblings were fair, had straight hair, blue eyes and freckles, but he had none of those traits.

Could it be that one of only three known markers directly targeting the DNA does not exist outside the realm of microbes? Now ...

The DNA of human cells consists of a sequence of about 3.1 billion building blocks. Cells go to great lengths to maintain the ...

Switched at birth, Kevin McMahon shared the same last name as another newborn 64 years ago at Jamaica Hospital. “There is no mystery as to what happened,” Kevin McMahon’s attorney, Jeremy Schiowitz, ...

DNA sequences for the chimpanzee, orangutans and more will help scientists to determine what sets humans apart from other ...

A new study focused on transcription-replication conflicts, which occur when mechanisms responsible for gene expression and ...

Colossal Biosciences says it used novel gene-editing technology to alter gray wolf DNA to breed the animals. Dire wolves recently featured prominently in the HBO series Game of Thrones.