The tech, known as Y-STR profiling, is used to pick out tiny amounts of material left behind by a male attacker which would ...

If you're looking to uncover family history or learn more about your health, here's how to decide which DNA testing kit is ...

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 ...

In the year 2000, the Human Genome Project completed their first draft of the very first sequenced human genome. It was celebrated as a major breakthrough for humanity. And in a lot of ways, genomic ...

With her picture on his phone's lock screen, JonBenét Ramsey's father, John, says he still thinks about her every day. It's been nearly 30 years since JonBenét Ramsey was murdered in their Boulder ...

Americans with European heritage have long been able to pinpoint their ancestry through DNA testing, but it's only in recent years that those with African heritage have been able to trace their ...

Drugmaker Regeneron Pharmaceuticals will buy genetic testing firm 23andMe for $256 million through a bankruptcy auction, the companies said Monday. Regeneron said it will comply with 23andMe’s privacy ...

Nearly 30 years after three boys were found dead, the Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled new DNA testing of evidence from the crime scene can proceed, overturning a circuit court which had denied a ...