Scientists analysing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern UK during the Iron Age was ...

The change in policy at the health system follows the death of a DPD deficient patient and comes during a period of intense competition among Boston hospitals.

Genetic genealogy testing of DNA evidence in separate sexual assault cases helped lead authorities to a suspect.

Darrell Crawford has the oldest DNA found in North America — a genetic line that was traced back a whopping 55 generations.

In a groundbreaking study, researchers have identified 293 previously unknown genetic variations linked to major depressive ...

A female-centric order has been discovered for the first time in European prehistory after scientists analysed DNA from a set ...

Australia’s screening program – which reaches about 99% of newborn babies – mainly uses tests that measure the levels of ...

Geneticist Lara Cassidy wasn’t surprised to find several generations of the same family buried in an Iron Age cemetery near ...

Understanding biological relationships is often critical when studying animal populations. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig University, the German ...

Diabetes is a leading cause of global mortality and disability, and its economic burden is substantial. This Review focuses on type 2 diabetes, which makes up 90–95% of all diabetes cases. Type 2 ...

An examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset in southwest England shows that two-thirds of the individuals were descended from a single maternal lineage. The cemetery was used ...

Learning new things is important if we want to live a long and fulfilling life. Acquiring new skills and performing ...