Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is the only active, self-copying genetic element in the human ...

For years, the federal government has been amassing DNA profiles of noncitizens. But recently released Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data reveal that officials knowingly collected the DNA of ...

The notorious 1991 yogurt shop murders in Austin, Texas, have finally been solved. DNA evidence has identified Robert Eugene Brashers, a deceased serial killer, as the perpetrator. Brashers, who died ...

The Hennepin County Forensics Science Lab is crucial in helping investigators solve crimes. "We do prioritize violent crimes first," said Hanna Sczepanski, a DNA Analyst. When evidence is collected at ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After 30 years, Austin city leaders announced the infamous yogurt shop murders had been solved. Austin Police Chief of Police Lisa Davis said, “advances in science and technology” ...

Human embryos have been developed from eggs given the DNA of adult skin cells – a feat that had previously been achieved in mice. This could one day provide a way for same-sex couples or women with ...

Human fertility hinges on a delicate molecular ballet that begins even before birth. UC Davis researchers have uncovered how special protein networks safeguard chromosomes as eggs and sperm form, ...

Federal authorities say Travis Decker is dead as they drop their case against the fugitive dad suspected of killing his three daughters, but local officials in Washington state are still waiting for ...

With a title like Death of the Silver Surfer, it is unsurprising that Norrin Radd should die. It is also unsurprising that he should be replaced with a female successor, mirroring the character from ...

A year after a USA TODAY investigation revealed that police around the country weren’t following up on DNA evidence from unsolved rape cases, the Justice Department has published a report urging them ...