The mystery of the “non-human” mummified remains found in Peru deepened this week when an analyst claimed that 30% of its DNA is not human — but is rather from an “unknown species.” ...

“It would be much better to go with a manual pat down rather than subjecting one’s body to potentially potent levels of radiation.” Accompanying the text is an image of airport body scanners ...

The human body ... From a DNA perspective, all humans are more than 99 percent identical From a DNA perspective, all humans are more than 99 percent identical Shutter2U/Getty Images Dr. Foster ...

Online claims that Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) body scanners used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) can unzip DNA and interfere with human DNA are false. The claim is based ...

Human DNA has roughly three billion ... countless features—like eye color, skin tone, and body shape—that make each person unique. DNA exists inside the nucleus of each of the body’s cells.

Ancient DNA from skeletons in the East Smithfield graveyard was used in the new study. MOLA / Getty Images Yersinia pestis ... But these variants that protect the body against invaders also ...

Researchers have discovered that the human body’s 3 trillion cells aren’t clones of a single DNA sequence, as is widely believed. Instead, the cells of the human body contain a plethora of ...

The collective DNA of the microbes that colonize a human body can uniquely identify someone, researchers have found, raising privacy issues. The finding, published in Proceedings of the National ...