A gene is a segment of DNA that carries the information needed by the cell to construct a protein. Which protein that is, when it is made, and how damage to it can give rise to genetic disease all depend on the gene's sequence. In other words,...

The term DNA sequencing encompasses biochemical methods for determining the order of the nucleotide bases, adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine, in a DNA oligonucleotide. The sequence of DNA constitutes the heritable genetic information in nuclei,...

Where would the Human Genome Project, bioinformatics, and life sciences in general, be without it? | By Alison McCook As a graduate student at Stanford University in the early 19905, Jonathan Eisen convinced a friend with access to one of the first automated...

The genomics revolution that reached its climax in 2000 owes its very existence to two men. The first is Frederick Sanger, who in 1977 developed the method for DNA sequencing that now bears his name. The second is Leroy Hood, who (with colleagues Michael...

DNA testing of a hair found on a victim in the decades-old Atlanta child slayings provided no definitive link to a convicted killer suspected in the case, but he can't be excluded, either, according to a new FBI report.Wayne Williams, who was convicted of killing...

A prosecutor Tuesday rebutted defense claims that DNA testing of animal hairs found on some of the bodies in the notorious Atlanta child killings case are inconclusive, and he insisted the evidence links Wayne Williams to the slayings.District Attorney Paul Howard said at a news...