Opinion: A crackdown on firms selling gene tests direct to the consumer would come at a cost.

One for teachers and CSI fans. The fallability of DNA evidence and how you can prove anything with statistics.

US researchers have identified in living plants the set of proteins that help them withstand water stress.

A new project will seek to identify sources of genetic variation for heat tolerance in durum and bread wheats.

The completion of the draft human genome sequence was announced ten years ago. Nature ‘s survey of life scientists reveals that biology will never be the same again.

Self assembled nanodevices made of DNA could lead to medical devices, drug delivery systems and reprogram human stem cells to regenerate injured organs.

For the first time, microscopic robots made from DNA can walk, follow instructions and work together to assemble simple products on an atomic-scale assembly line, mimicking the machinery of living cells.

Using DNA, one person, in one day could produce more simple logic circuits than the world’s entire output of silicon chips in a month.

DNA from a stone age Greenlander has revealed his startling physical characteristics. How cool will this will be in criminal forensics, but then how will this influence evidence in court and what does it mean for privacy?

How one gene doth not maketh the man or woman and the dangers of thinking that it does.