Despite decades of chasing leads, investigators had been unable to identify the victim of a 1992 homicide on the North Side.

Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain and toes, the DNA blueprint ...

In a way, sequencing DNA is very simple: There's a molecule, you look at it, and you write down what you find. You'd think it would be easy—and, for any one letter in the sequence, it is. The problem ...

The newest DNA sequencing technology from Swiss multinational Roche doesn’t measure DNA directly but in fact analyzes a different polymer altogether. The technology is not yet available for sale, but ...

Scientists developed a light-responsive artificial nucleic acid that enables reversible, controllable crosslinking within DNA, opening doors for nanomedicine, DNA nanotechnologies and drug delivery.

DNA, the blueprint of life, is best known for its fundamental role as genetic material—storing and transmitting biological information through the precise sequence of its bases. For decades, this ...

Scientists are exploring how DNA’s physical structure can store vast amounts of data and encode secure information.

DNA methylation is a highly studied epigenetic modification that is involved in regulating genome function and plays fundamental roles in development and disease. 1 It is linked to a broad range of ...

Illumina, which specializes in DNA sequencing, will work on samples representing 1,300 species in the San Diego Zoo Wildlife ...

Viral DNA that is usually dismissed when sequencing the human genome could help to uncover useful information about complex diseases.

Scientists have uncovered new DNA-binding proteins from some of the most extreme environments on Earth and shown that they ...

DNA's iconic double helix does more than "just" store genetic information. Under certain conditions, it can temporarily fold ...