Investigators in the Nancy Guthrie case have turned to genetic genealogy as they try to make the most of potential DNA ...

Hispanic patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have varying disease patterns depending on their genetic ancestry, according to a study published online Feb. 9 in Gastroenterology. Ashley H.

Genetic ancestry may play a key role in how acral melanoma, a rare and aggressive type of skin cancer, develops and behaves, with important implications for diagnosis and treatment, according to ...

Delaware police have successfully used DNA genealogy, which is being considered to identify unknown DNA found in Nancy ...

Wildlife populations that become small and isolated, often due to habitat loss, inevitably experience inbreeding which can ...

Investigators in Arizona are hoping that DNA found in and around Nancy Guthrie's house in Tucson could lead them to a suspect — and the missing woman. Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show ...

Raymond Rowe is appealing his latest loss in his bid to have DNA testing done on items used to murder school teacher Christy Mirack in 1992 to the Pennsylvania Supreme ...

In present day Kazakhstan, both local folklore and genetic evidence found buried in royal tombs have shone a light on the region's ties to Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire. New DNA analysis of ...

Two fossil skulls found in central China are prompting fresh debate over when they lived – and where they belong in the human family tree.

A team of researchers led by scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, and the Department of Veterans Affairs has conducted the largest ...