DNA robots are emerging as tiny programmable machines that could one day deliver drugs, hunt viruses, and build molecular-scale devices. By borrowing ideas from traditional robotics and combining them ...

In the Middle Ages, a man was buried in a Stone Age monument in what is now Spain. Now, we finally know his genetic roots, but his religious beliefs are still a mystery. When you purchase through ...

According to new research next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) -- the same technology which is powering the development of tailor-made medicines, cancer diagnostics, infectious disease tracking, and ...

New research has discovered that the molecular machines responsible for copying our DNA have a surprising hidden talent—an ability to create entirely new and highly sophisticated DNA sequences from ...

It turns out Meryl Streep and Anna Wintour have a bit more in common than knowing the significance of cerulean blue – they also share a bloodline. The Oscar-winning actress and former Vogue ...

If your family roots run through Philadelphia, there’s a chance part of your history is sitting in a box right now at City Hall or in the City Archives on Spring Garden. If you want to see it, you ...

As the justices prepare to hear a landmark case about birthright citizenship, their family stories are a reminder that the law has shaped who can be an American. Credit...National Archives in ...

Halina Tilsley, 80, and her father, Hubert Kroll, 100, in Germany. Waikato woman Halina Tilsley has found her peace after a bombshell DNA revelation turned her world upside down. Halina, 80, found out ...

DNA repair is essential for the maintenance of genomic stability and its failure can lead to human disease. Various DNA repair systems exist, such as base excision repair, nucleotide excision repair, ...

In medieval Spain, two men were buried in a prehistoric stone monument that had been constructed millennia earlier. Now, a new analysis of these burials is revealing clues about their ancestry but ...