A new tool called Rapid DNA is on the market to help law enforcement solve more crimes. "It'd be huge for this state," Linda Atkinson, the executive director of New Mexico Victim's Rights Project, said. "It might bring us into the 21st century."

Mexican long-nosed bats have been identified in southeastern Arizona through citizen scientist efforts and innovative DNA technology.

The proposed End Child Trafficking Now Act would mandate DNA testing to verify familial relationships between undocumented immigrants and accompanying minors. Newsweek contacted Senator Marsha Blackburn,

A NEW MEXICO MAN HAS DISCOVERED HIS BIOLOGICAL FAMILY ... TEXAS. I LOOK AT HIS DNA AND WE SHARE LIKE 23% DNA AND GO, THIS IS GOT TO BE SOMEBODY I KNOW. IT HAS TO BE. AS IT TURNED OUT, THAT MAN ...

An endangered species of bat has been confirmed in Arizona for the first time, using an emerging genetic sampling method and the work of an amateur scientist.

During transcription, newly minted RNA sticks to its DNA template, forming a 3-stranded structure known as an R-loop. While these structures have some important roles to play in a cell, R-loops in the wrong place at the wrong time can be disastrous,

According to the lawmakers, up to 30 percent of minors DNA tested were found to be unrelated to the adults they were traveling with. Almost 110,000 unaccompanied migrant children crossed the southern border in fiscal year 2024, according to Customs and Border Protection.

Daryl Perez was skeptical of the process before taking a 23andMe, which later linked him to his loved ones in Texas

The migrant crisis is examined in a new way in the Oscar-shortlisted documentary 'Until He's Back,' directed by Jacqueline Baylon.

New research adds to our understanding of the function of the human genome. An international team of researchers has made significant progress in understanding how gene expression is regulated across the human genome.

A descendant of one of Jack the Ripper's victims has demanded a new inquest into one of history's most notorious serial killers, after DNA evidence suggested the murderer was a Polish barber.

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