Rex Heuermann is charged with the murders of seven women killed over the course of nearly two decades starting in the 1990s.

The justices heard arguments in the case of a man on death row in Texas who claims DNA testing could spare his life.

Using an approach called DNA origami, scientists at Caltech have developed a technique that could lead to cheaper, reusable ...

The origin of the Huns in fourth-century Europe has long been debated, but centuries-old DNA has revealed their diverse ...

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 24 in the case of a man on Texas death row who has long tried to obtain ...

The Supreme Court appeared swayed by a Texas death row inmate’s argument he has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws ...

A multi-institutional team of bioengineers has identified the genetic mechanism that converts bitter toxins to palatable ...

Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson says DNA tests pose privacy risks like shared genetic information, inaccuracies and hard ...

Sexual assault survivors who are waiting for their DNA kits to be tested by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation are invited ...

Sheriff Curtis Johnson wrote in a Feb. 10 letter to CBI director Chris Shaefer that the agency will instead send genetic ...

A Hawaii man who spent 30 years in prison for a murder he long denied committing declared the day “Freedom Friday” and said ...

Gordon Cordeiro, who spent more than half of his life in prison for a murder he denied committing, walked out of a Maui ...