Understanding how fetal DNA travels in a pregnant woman's blood could unlock the next generation of prenatal screening, ...

Ancient hunter-gatherers in East Asia are remarkably similar, genetically, to modern people living in the area. Unlike what ...

Few ideas in modern biology have captured the public imagination quite like epigenetics. The promise is seductive: chemical ...

Matthew Herper covers medical innovation — both its promise and its perils. J. Craig Venter, a scientist whose relentless ambition helped turn genetics from an artisanal trade into an industrialized ...

Ancestry DNA testing turns genetic science into an engaging English lesson, explaining how DNA comparisons can reveal family ...

Latin American people are represented in fewer than 4% of genetic epidemiological studies around the world. When they are included, they're often lumped together as one group, despite the rich ...

For decades, scientists believed a fertilized egg’s DNA began as a shapeless mass, only organizing itself once the embryo switched on its genes. But new research reveals that the genome is already ...

Epigenetics has long been celebrated as the discipline that would finally free biology from the shackles of genetic determinism. By studying chemical modifications that regulate gene activity without ...

The well-known geneticist and synthetic biologist, J. Craig Venter, died on April 29, 2026. According to a press release from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), he was hospitalized after ...

STONY BROOK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / July 24, 2025 / Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:APDN) ("Applied DNA" or the "Company"), a leader in synthetic DNA manufacturing powered by scalable PCR platforms ...

Also at the mRNA conference, Applied DNA will feature its IVT Discovery Kit, a powerful platform for evaluating and optimizing in vitro transcription (IVT). Meet our teams and discover for yourself ...

Thomas Jefferson’s DNA sheds new light on his relationship with Sally Hemings and supports the longstanding conclusion that ...