Fingerprints are among the most distinctive features of human biology, serving as enduring identifiers for individuals and as windows into genetic and developmental processes. The three major ...

Fingerprints, long used to solve crimes, may also help track down people at risk of diseases before any symptoms appear. New research suggests that women with specific types of fingerprints — namely ...

Each individual's fingerprints are unique—the tiny loops, ridges and whorls on the epidermis are even more distinctive than a person's DNA and are one of the best ways we have of identifying a person ...

Researchers have discovered that different cancer types possess unique molecular fingerprints detectable at early stages. A study examined fingerprint patterns and their link to six cancers, including ...

A study, recently published in one of the most prestigious scientific journals of Science -CELL, has found that fingerprint patterns in humans are determined by the limb development genes. The study ...