Scientists have discovered that gut-born bacteria may hold the secret for treatments of everything from IBD to Parkinson’s disease. Now they just need samples from the people living in the most ...

On a quiet Long Island street in the mid‑1980s, 16‑year‑old Theresa Fusco vanished on her way home from work, and for decades ...

Human breast milk contains its own microbial ecosystem, and new research suggests these microbes may help seed an infant’s gut. Most discussions of breast milk highlight nutrients, antibodies, and the ...

After reviewing DNA evidence from a cold case murder, Kirsty Wright uncovered systemic flaws and deception in a forensics ...

Clarence Edwin Asher was declared legally dead in 2006 after he presumably drowned while crabbing in Oregon’s Tillamook Bay Clarence Edwin Asher, a former mayor of Fossil, Ore., was declared legally ...

Scientists say they may have extracted Leonardo da Vinci's DNA from a Renaissance-era drawing for the very first time. The trace DNA, embedded in a red chalk sketch called the "Holy Child" that some ...

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

A Roman-era skeleton discovered in southern England has finally given up her secrets after more than a decade of debate.

Researchers were able to sequence the full genome from the 14,000-year-old chunk of preserved woolly rhinoceros meat.

Researchers led by the University of Vienna and Liège University Hospital Center have identified genetic variants associated ...

In 1963, researchers unearthed two Stone Age skeletons that were buried in an embraced position in a cave in Italy. Now, DNA testing has revealed that one of them had a rare genetic condition.

Your mouth bacteria can significantly affect your gut health, and predict the risk of chronic liver disease, finds a study. Each year, more than two million people die from advanced chronic liver ...