We get half our DNA from our mother and half from our father. So if an adoptee is looking for birth parents and gets a 50 per cent match, they know it has to be their parent or, less likely, a ...

The 2024 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research recognizes Dr. Zhijian (James) Chen for his elucidation of how DNA stimulates immune responses.

Wikimedia Commons, Christoph Bock, Max Planck Institute for Informatics Few researchers ever believed that DNA could survive long enough to make Jurassic Park a reality, and yet there have been no ...