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Scientists start a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life, in what is thought to be a world first.

The research has been taboo until now because of concerns it could lead to designer babies.

Scientists have found genetic evidence of an ancient group of people in Colombia with no modern-day descendants. It’s as if ...

His deceased father didn’t want him to know he wasn’t his biological father. I’m torn about whether I should tell him.

New research has discovered that the Herpes virus actually takes control of key RNA functionality and changes human DNA in ...

If Farwell wasn’t the father of her unborn child, according to new DNA tests, what was his motive to kill her?

Males imprint their DNA by adding methyl modifications to it in a way that alters the activity of genes in order to promote ...

Remote-controlled microflow using light-controlled state transitions within DNA condensates has been reported by scientists ...