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A blood test that can screen for multiple cancers at once by looking at DNA has been something that researchers have been working towards for years.

Revealing the name to the public, authorities hope it will bring them a step closer to the boy’s killer and give the victim a measure of dignity.

The case is Philadelphia’s oldest unsolved homicide.

Genealogy is more than scrapbooks you inherited from your grandparents – it’s part of the story of how you became you.

In his role as a head and neck surgical oncologist Dr. David Goldenberg treats many patients with thyroid cancer.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers the remarkably diverse backgrounds of country music icons Clint Black and Rosanne Cash.

We can now edit the human genome with a tool called CRISPR. But how far should we go?

Starting in April, immigration authorities will start taking cheek swabs to collect DNA from hundreds of thousands of immigration detainees in federal custody each year.

State police are using DNA and financial records in their investigation into skeletal remains found in a midstate freezer on a vacant property earlier this year.