Stanford Medicine researchers sifted through thousands of single nucleotide mutations in DNA to identify fewer than 400 that are functionally associated with inherited cancer risk.

At NC State University, an English professor is searching for clues from the past. He's looked back as far as the eighth ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

Cancer cells have special adaptation mechanisms that allow them to proliferate despite changes in their genetic makeup.