DNA samples are generally matched using a minimum of 6 genetic markers that are present in both samples. One sample for example may be taken from crime scene evidence and matched to samples in a data ...

Forensic DNA analysis has fundamentally changed criminal investigations, providing an unprecedented level of accuracy in identifying suspects, exonerating the innocent, and solving cold cases. And ...

A warning to listeners — this episode contains sensitive material surrounding homicide and assault. On November 29th, 2012, a group of men broke into the Silicon Valley mansion of 66 year old investor ...

A new report presents DM-Seq (direct methylation sequencing), a bisulfite-free method for profiling 5-methylcytosine (5mC) at single-base resolution using nanogram quantities of DNA. The technique ...

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n the mid-1980s, tragedy struck two villages in Leicestershire, England. In two separate instances, three years apart, two teenage girls were raped and murdered on their way home from school. On ...

Investigators are analyzing DNA evidence from the home of missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie. Previous DNA testing on gloves found two miles away did not produce a match in the FBI's national database.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Detectives from the Charleston County Sheriff's Office spent Friday, April 10 in the Outer Banks working with law enforcement agencies from North Carolina and New Jersey to ...