Researchers at the Center for Embryology and Healthy Development (CRESCO) aim to find out why so many early embryos fail in ...

Nearly seven years after a body was found on Detroit's east side, DNA testing was able to identify the person. Othram Inc., a Texas-based company that specializes in forensic genealogy, identified ...

Why archaeologists are increasingly leaving historic sites untouched until we have less destructive technologies for studying them.

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Skeletal remains were located on a riverbed in California in 1995, with forensic testing confirming they belonged to missing ...

Cells in the human body have very different life spans, depending on their type and function. Skin cells renew themselves every two to four weeks. Liver cells can last up to 500 days.

A criminalist testifying Monday in the Marvin Ray Markle Jr. murder case said she was able to extract DNA from fingernail clippings from the victim’s left hand, then told the prosecutor it ...