DNA from strands of Beethoven’s hair is helping to uncover what may have caused his death, researchers say. The composer was plagued with health issues for most of his life. On March 26, 1827 ...

By analyzing seven samples of hair said to have come from Ludwig van Beethoven, researchers debunked myths about the revered composer while raising new questions about his life and death.

It's not often a famous composer helps solve a 200-year-old mystery, but DNA from Beethoven's hair might actually do that.

A recent study conducted on strands of Ludwig van Beethoven's hair revealed the composer was genetically predisposed to liver disease and was infected with hepatitis B before he died.

An international team of scientists sequence Beethoven's DNA from tufts of hair cut from his wild thatch in an attempt to find a genetic root of what ailed him.

Beethoven was afflicted with health conditions for much of his adult life, and wished for their cause to be discovered and made public.

DNA testing on strands of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair—including the famous Hiller lock—led to some unexpected findings. Photo: William Meredith/Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies ...

Nearly 200 years after Ludwig van Beethoven's death, researchers pulled DNA from strands of his hair, searching for clues about the health problems and hearing loss that plagued him.

Researchers used locks of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair to sequence the composer’s genome for the first time. They uncovered some of Beethoven’s medical and family history along the way while ...

Nearly 200 years after Ludwig van Beethoven's death, researchers pulled DNA from strands of his hair, searching for clues about the health problems and hearing loss that plagued him.

Hundreds of years after Beethoven's death, researchers using DNA from strands of his hair have found clues about what killed him, according to a new study.