NEW ORLEANS — When a pair of suspects fled a routine traffic stop and shot at a Baton Rouge-area police officer in 2020, DNA at the crime scene helped police quickly arrest one suspect. But the other ...

The Hennepin County Forensics Science Lab is crucial in helping investigators solve crimes. "We do prioritize violent crimes first," said Hanna Sczepanski, a DNA Analyst. When evidence is collected at ...

The ability to extract trace bits of DNA from soil, water, and even air is revolutionizing science. But it's not foolproof. In the late 1980s, at a federal research facility in Pensacola, Florida, ...

Michael Usry Sr. donated DNA to a genealogical research study backed by the Mormon Church, which led to his son, Michael Jr. (in photo), being falsely suspected in an Idaho Falls murder and rape case.

Firms are turning to advanced technologies to help answer a surprisingly tricky question: Where do products really come from? Cotton being tested at Applied DNA Sciences in New York to trace its ...

Researchers have found that forensic "DNA mixture analysis" is less accurate for certain groups of people with lower genetic diversity, which could falsely link them to crime scenes. When you purchase ...

What if Bryan Kohberger, the man charged with the University of Idaho student stabbings, helped lead police right to him? His own attorneys may raise the question — including at trial — in their ...

These days, you can order up a test to find out your biological age, an estimate of how quickly or slowly you're aging compared to your peers. It's based on an analysis of modifications in your DNA. I ...

Last month, Chenedy Wiles finally got around to it. The 27-year-old traveling nurse spit into a tube and mailed it to 23andMe, where the genetic testing company’s lab examined her DNA and generated a ...

In this interview, Dr. Anderson discusses the advantages of dd-cfDNA as a transplant monitoring tool and the regulatory and ...