Researchers working on the Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project believe the Renaissance Man left his DNA on the chalk drawing titled ...

Investigative genetic genealogy combines DNA analysis with genealogy practices and has helped identify both victims and ...

Scientists have turned to artifacts associated with Leonardo da Vinci on a quest to track down the legendary polymath’s ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Science correspondent Richard Stone about recent developments in the search for Leonardo da ...

A woman who was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Laguna Beach and whose identity has remained a mystery has now been ...

For the last decade, a group of researchers has been trying to find Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA—a formidable undertaking riddled with roadblocks. Now, they might be one step closer to achieving their goal ...

Ventura County Sheriff's Office announced the remains of a missing Fillmore teen from 1965 have been identified through DNA.

A research team led by Zhiping Weng, Ph.D., and Jill Moore, Ph.D."18, at UMass Chan Medical School, has nearly tripled the ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

Scientists first read the human genome, a three-billion-letter biological book, in April 2003. Since then, researchers have steadily advanced the ability to write DNA, moving far beyond single-gene ...

The remains once known as Geneseo John Doe have been identified as Ronald Joe Cole — a 19-year-old who disappeared from ...