DNA from Beethoven's hair, snipped as keepsakes by his admirers, has finally orchestrated a genetic encore that's hitting all the right notes with scientists. Were he alive today, Beethoven might ...

Hair is a better source of ancient DNA than bone or muscle, a new study involving woolly mammoth hair suggests. "The main problem with things like bone is that it contains real from the source ...

Ludwig van Beethoven’s impressive head of hair is yielding new clues about his ... the complete set of DNA found in every cell.

“Hair shed by your cat lacks the hair root, so it contains very little useable DNA,” said lead author of the study, Emily Patterson, a researcher at the University of Leicester. “In practice ...

DNA from strands of Beethoven’s hair is helping to uncover what may have caused his death, researchers say. The composer was plagued with health issues for most of his life. On March 26 ...

Now, scientists have taken the closest look yet at the composer’s health by analyzing DNA extracted from preserved locks of his hair, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal ...

researchers also came across an unexpected result as an analysis of Y chromosomes from five living members of the Van Beethoven patrilineage compared with the DNA from Beethoven's hair revealed a ...