How can DNA from a cheek swab determine if someone is closely related to you? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. DNA tests can tell ...

I was one of the first to spit into a test tube, giving up my DNA forever to learn more about my health and heredity. You know, the ones that promise to connect you with distant relatives you didn’t ...

A new portable DNA test can identify dozens of shark and ray species in only two hours, giving frontline officers a powerful ...

Summer McKesson struggled to breathe for years. Doctors told her it was because her blood would not stop clotting – and they couldn’t figure out why. A single clot alone can be lethal; but the ...

If your estate plan was created before the DNA testing era—or hasn't been updated to account for these new realities—now is ...

Advances in our understanding of DNA have brought about many changes. One of them is just how easy it is now to obtain a DNA ...

AUSTIN, Texas — On Monday, the Austin Police Department (APD) held a press conference detailing how advanced DNA testing led them to identify the suspect responsible for the 1991 murders of four girls ...

A TikTokker has revealed how a simple Ancestry DNA test may have solved a notorious 27-year murder mystery known as the Baby Garnet case — and landed her grandmother in jail. Jenna Rose Gerwatowski, ...

This video combined a deep dive into a MyHeritage DNA test with a sharp look at Russia’s ongoing military failures. The narrator revealed how a simple kit uncovered more than 18,000 distant relatives ...

A noninvasive blood test to detect genetic material shed by tumors may help clinicians identify adverse events related to ...

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