DNA

Cell-by-cell DNA science is ‘Breakthrough of 2018’

Experts say new DNA research will transform science over the coming decades, allowing an ever-clearer… Read More

Forensic DNA laboratory to be established at KU

KARACHI: The provincial health department has planned to set up a forensic DNA laboratory at the… Read More

US using DNA testing in effort to reunite families it separated

The US government, under court order to quickly reunify parents and children who were separated… Read More

US using DNA tests to reunite children with migrant parents

WASHINGTON: US officials have resorted to DNA testing on up to 3,000 detained children who… Read More

Scientist launches hunt for Loch Ness ‘monster DNA’

Tales of a giant creature lurking beneath the murky waves of Loch Ness have been… Read More

How DNA led to the elusive ‘Golden State Killer’

TAMPA: Detectives used DNA left at crime scenes, combined with genetic information from a relative… Read More

How ‘junk’ DNA plays a role in cancer

Most of the human genome — 98 percent — is made up of DNA but… Read More

DNA shows first modern Briton had dark skin, blue eyes

LONDON: The first modern Briton had dark skin and blue eyes, London scientists said on… Read More

Thai teacher turns to DNA to prove $1m lottery win

BANGKOK: A DNA test will decide the fate of a near $1 million lottery prize… Read More

French mother confesses to killing five babies

PARIS: A French mother was charged on Thursday with murdering five of her babies in… Read More

Who’s your mummy? Genetic secrets of ancient Egypt unwrapped

WASHINGTON: DNA from mummies found at a site once known for its cult to the Egyptian… Read More

Virus found in child mummy could rewrite smallpox history: study

WASHINGTON: The discovery of smallpox DNA in a 17th-century child mummy may shorten the timeline… Read More

Research identifies how smoking cigarettes changes your DNA forever

WASHINGTON: Smoking a pack of cigarettes a day causes an average of 150 mutations a year… Read More

Mother’s DNA may affect ageing: study

PARIS: A tiny repository of DNA inherited only from one's mother may be key for… Read More

China’s Xinjiang residents must submit DNA for passports

BEIJING: Residents of a border district in China's mostly Muslim region of Xinjiang must now provide… Read More

US biochemist wins award for rewriting DNA to mimic evolution

HELSINKI: US biochemical engineer Frances Arnold on Tuesday won a million-euro technology prize in Finland… Read More

US scientists work to breed malaria-free mosquitoes

WASHINGTON: US researchers have carried out genetic tweaks to malaria-carrying mosquitoes so their offspring feature… Read More

‘Breakthrough’ likely in Imran Farooq murder case within days: sources

LONDON: The Imran Farooq murder case on Wednesday took an important turn on Wednesday as… Read More

Slave bones traced to countries of origin

MIAMI: Using a new approach to DNA analysis, the 17th century bones of three African… Read More

Karachi: At least 59 people killed in horrific road crash

KARACHI: At least 59 people were killed in a bus-oil tanker collision at Super Highway… Read More