We’ve long known the short-term effects of trauma — headaches, changes in appetite or sleep, fear, anxiety and concentration troubles are just a few. A new study suggests that severe trauma, like that ...

DNA is often called the blueprint of life, but what does that really mean? Elizabeth Worthey, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Genetics in the Heersink School of Medicine, explains everything ...

A trove of the bankrupt company’s DNA profiles on millions of users is up for sale on the darknet.

In genealogy, research details are important. It turned out that John’s father, James, who was born in 1893 in the northeast corner of Scotland, was an illegitimate child of a domestic servant. John ...

In 2017, I sent DNA samples to Ancestry, as well as to two other DNA companies. My parents had recently passed away, and I had some questions about my family background that I hoped the DNA might ...