Researchers have discovered novel biomarkers that could allow doctors to detect endometriosis in its earliest stages through ...

Next-generation cancer tests are being developed here in Houston, and the HBJ pulled back the curtain on how one partnership ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

Glenn Thomas Tate, Jr., a member of the Gila River Indian Community and White Mountain Apache Tribe, was last seen in Sacaton ...

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In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we've come from has been accelerated by DNA testing. So far, around 40 million people worldwide have used direct-to-consumer genetic ...

New DNA testing from a sexual assault kit helped reveal that a man was wrongly convicted of rape over 40 years ago in Ventura County, officials announced Thursday. Ventura County District Attorney ...

A genetic technology known as a gene drive could help prevent malaria by spreading genes in wild mosquitoes that stop them transmitting the parasite. Tests in a lab in Tanzania have now confirmed that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. Imagine opening a birthday gift DNA kit and discovering you're entitled to ...

Scientists at Northwestern Medicine have developed a new genetic risk score that predicts who is most likely to experience irregular or dangerous heart rhythms. The test merges several types of ...