DNA, often called the blueprint of life, is built from four chemical building blocks known as deoxy-nucleoside triphosphates ...

DNA is often called the blueprint of life, but what does that really mean? Elizabeth Worthey, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Genetics in the Heersink School of Medicine, explains everything ...

Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionize the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alumnus and professor emeritus ...

The global crisis of diminishing biological diversity is challenging our current ability to monitor changes in ecosystems.

Nearly three decades after her body was found in an El Cajon ravine covered by shrubbery, homicide investigators say they now ...

This came up in a front page discussion recently, and I promised I'd do a bit of a brain dump. The motivation: people often talk about whether we're regulating the risks posed by exposure to radiation ...

Scientists dug into paleofeces for a new study, learning some very intimate details about how long-ago people lived.

Owner Katie told Newsweek she thought she was adopting "a Saluki mix," but Faris's DNA test showed a far more varied genetic ...