Lifestyle, or put another way 'bad habits', is one of the textbook explanations for why some people are at higher risk for cancer. We often hear that smoking increases our risk of developing lung ...

The inventor of DNA Fingerprinting at the University of Leicester, Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, is to be honoured with a prestigious international accolade later this year, it has been announced. Sir ...

KNOXVILLE, TN — Agarose gel electrophoresis" Most teenagers wouldn’t have a clue what this scientific term means, but middle school student Andrew Trigiano knows the protocol inside and out. When ...

Using new DNA "fingerprinting" techniques, two University of Minnesota researchers have become the first to unequivocally separate hemp plants from marijuana plants with genetic markers. Using new DNA ...

As the nation mourns the victims of the devastating Air India crash in Ahmedabad, science is quietly stepping in to offer solace to grieving families. In a special NDTV interview, one of India's ...

A UC Davis plant scientist played a key role in settling a controversial intellectual property dispute that resulted in the recent rejection of a nine-year-old U.S. patent for a common yellow bean ...

Bits of DNA are powerful tracers that could point the finger at fracking companies contaminating wells, help oil workers figure out where to drill, or confirm the mine of origin for precious stones.

Over 99.9% of everyone’s DNA sequence is the same, but that still leaves millions of bits of code that are unique to you. Osama Bin Laden has been proclaimed dead from a gunshot wound to the head. But ...