The Power of DNA Testing

Genetic modification is the process of altering the genetic makeup of an organism. This has been done indirectly for thousands of years by controlled, or selective, breeding of plants and animals. Modern...

Some dads have broken a textbook genetic rule. Fathers in three unrelated families passed mitochondria — tiny energy factories found in cells — on to their children, researchers report. Scientists...

Long life spans tend to run in families, a phenomenon that's often attributed to people's genes. But now, a large new study of data from the genealogy website Ancestry reveals...

Can medications or medical treatment affect a paternity test? This is a question we hear very often from clients thinking about doing a test. It is a sensible question to...

The two most popular ways for labs to collect samples for DNA testing are blood samples and cheek swabs. The DNA testing results from extracting DNA-rich cells using either method...

There may be a genetic explanation for why John Wick (played in the film series by Keanu Reeves) cared so much about his puppy that he embarked on a murderous...

The secret to losing weight and quitting smoking might not be in a diet or self-help book, but instead, be written in our DNA as research shows learning your genetic risk of disease can help people...

A 10-second handshake could transfer a person’s DNA to an object that the person never touched. In handshaking experiments, people who never picked up a knife became the major source...

The tiniest, most complicated set of instructions just got a little easier to read, thanks to a giant scientific project called ENCODE, which recruited more than 400 scientists from all...