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India finds remains of 39 Indians taken hostage by ISIS in Iraq

The39Indianswhohadbeen"missing"inIraq'sMosulareaforoverthreeyears,werekilledbyISISanddumpedinamassgrave,announcedIndianExternalAffairsMinisterSushmaSwarajonTues

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Researchers use nanorobots to kill tumors in mice

Ourcurrentmethodsoffightingmalignanttumorsarewildlyinadequate.Chemotherapyandradiationtreatments,whilesometimessuccessful,comewithmassivesideeffects,mainlybecau

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Human genome decoded with pocket-sized device

Scientistsusedaportabledevicenobiggerthanacellphonetosequencethemostcompletehumangenomeeverassembledwithasingletechnology,accordingtoastudypublishedMonday.Thebr

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Alcohol may cause cancer by damaging stem cell DNA: study

DrinkingalcoholmaycauseirreversibledamagetotheDNAofstemcellsandincreasetheriskofdevelopingcertaincancers,anewstudyhasrevealed.Usinggeneticallymodifiedmice,Briti

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Mouse study shows how alcohol damages and can cause cancer

ResearchershaveusedmicetoshowhowalcoholdamagestheDNAofstemcellsresponsibleforproducingnewblood.Thismayexplainwhydrinkingincreasestheriskofcancer,accordingtoastu

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DNA sketch leads to suspect confession in Texas slaying

AfterheroldestdaughterwaskilledinMay2016,MichelleMcDanielandtherestofherfamilyisolatedthemselvesintheirsmallTexastownoutoffearthattheunknownkillercouldbestandin

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Expanding DNA’s alphabet lets cells produce novel proteins

Scientistsareexpandingthegeneticcodeoflife,usingman-madeDNAtocreateasemi-syntheticstrainofbacteria–andnewresearchshowsthosealteredmicrobesactuallyworkedtoproduc

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Researchers find new bacteria in dolphin mouths

StanfordUniversityresearchersdiscovered,inastudyreleasedonThursday,never-before-seenbacteriadescribedas"adarkmatterofthebiologicalworld"inthemouthsofdolphins.Th

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China to create gigantic DNA database

Asuper-sizedDNAsequencingplatformwillbebuiltinNanjing,capitalofeastChina'sJiangsuProvince,inordertocreateageneticinformationdatabaseforethnicChinese,accordingto

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Cutting edge DNA lab techniques now under fire

TwotechniquesforanalyzingDNAevidencethatwereonceconsideredcuttingedgearenowunderfireamidquestionsabouttheirreliability,andcriminaldefenseattorneysinNewYorkcityh

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Study finds poor computer security practices in DNA sequencing

A new study from University of Washington researchers finds evidence of poor computer security practices used in DNA sequencing tools.

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Study finds poor computer security practices in DNA sequencing

AnewstudyfromUniversityofWashingtonresearchersfindsevidenceofpoorcomputersecuritypracticesusedinDNAsequencingtools.Byanalyzingthesecurityhygieneofcommon,open-so

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Blood tests could help detect cancer

Scientistshavethefirstmajorevidencethatbloodtests,calledliquidbiopsies,holdpromiseforscreeningpeopleforcancer.DoctorsfromHongKongtrieditforatypeofheadandneckcan

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Remains of 9/11 victim identified nearly 16 years later

TheremainsofamankilledattheWorldTradeCenteron9/11havebeenidentifiednearly16yearsaftertheterrorattacks.Hisnamewaswithheldathisfamily'srequest,theNewYorkCitymedic

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China releases world's fastest and most accurate DNA sequencer

Chinese-madethirdgenerationDNAsequencerGenoCarewasreleasedonMondayinthecityofShenzheninsouthChina'sGuangdongProvince.Withfullautomation,themachine,developedbyar

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Scientists build DNA from scratch to alter life’s blueprin

AtJefBoeke’slab,youcanwhiffanodorthatseemsoutofplace,asiftheywerebakingbreadhere.Butheandhiscolleaguesarecookingupsomethingelsealtogether:yeastthatworkswithchun

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Scientists store a GIF in a living cell's DNA

Therearesomanyoptionsavailableifyouhavedatatosave,likeaharddisk,USBdiskorDVD.Butscientistshavenowfoundanewandveryfancystorageoption–intheDNAofbacteria.Inastudyp