Researchers have successfully extracted DNA from insects embedded within resin samples. This technique may eventually be used ...

Bacteria have long been a key source of lifesaving antibiotics, but most species cannot be grown in the lab—leaving their ...

The world's oldest DNA comes from a 2.4 million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland. Will scientists eventually sequence even ...

When it comes to DNA extraction, most people tend to think of blood or tissue samples like hair, muscle, or bones. But what about plants? Though plants are probably not the first to come to mind when ...

Scientists have successfully extracted DNA from ancient cheese for the first time, a breakthrough that sheds light on how probiotic bacteria has evolved over thousands of years. Chinese researchers ...

CLEVELAND (WEWS) — U.S. Marshals announced that after 60 years investigators were able to extract DNA from escaped inmate Lester Eubanks’ clothes and enter it into the Combined DNA Index System.