The landscape of workplace safety and personal health screenings in the Greater Boston area involves a variety of technical procedures that can often seem complex to the uninitiated. In a major ...

Attorneys for Florida death row inmate James Aren Duckett filed an emergency motion with the Florida Supreme Court late ...

The research team created a point-of-care assay that can detect bacterial STIs, including chlamydia and gonorrhea.

JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA, suggesting these ...

Explore 40 years of PCR history, from Kary Mullis’s invention story to the rise of digital PCR and how it revolutionized diagnostics and molecular biology.

A Georgia man has been arrested and charged in connection with rapes committed in 1986, authorities said, marking a break in ...

Thomas Rosa Jr., 64, had his case formally dismissed when the Suffolk district attorney’s office filed a nolle prosequi in superior court, citing new DNA evidence and the weakening of key trial ...

When a virus infects a bacterial cell, the viral genome is the first component to be fully injected into the cell, making it an ideal immune target. A bacterial enzyme anchored to the membrane ...

When David Thau, a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., was 34, he periodically experienced pain in his stomach, irregular bowel movements, blood in his stool and vomiting, and he visited doctors ...

In a single experiment, scientists can decipher the entire genomes of many patient samples, animal models, or cultured cells.

Hidden in volcanic lakes and deep-sea vents, scientists have discovered tough new DNA-binding proteins built to survive extreme conditions. After scanning huge genetic databases, researchers found ...

An identical twin commits a crime and leaves their DNA at the scene. Can DNA testing reveal which twin is the culprit? This question reportedly came up in a case in France last month, in which the ...