IRS officer's daughter murder case: DNA profiling report likely to come within fifteen days following forensic protocols

The DNA profiling report for the daughter of an IRS officer is expected within 15 days, according to Dr Sudhir Gupta, Head of Forensic Medicine at AIIMS Delhi. Forensic experts have preserved nail ...
The Scientist

Massively Parallel Sequencing Technology Allows Forensic Biologists to Tackle Cold Cases

Advances in DNA sequencing technology help forensic biologists identify suspects where traditional DNA profiling has failed, ...

NALSAR, CDFD sign deal to bridge gap in forensic devpt & judicial interpretation

Hyderabad: To improve how DNA evidence is used in criminal cases and to close the gap between scientific developments and ...
The Desert Sun

DNA solves 1996 California skull case, IDing missing Florida man

The Arcata Police Department responded in August 1996 to a report of a human skull discovered off Fickle Hill Road in Arcata, deputies said. The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office also responded and ...
The Conversation

Tracking wildlife using DNA: A scientific breakthrough made with an Indigenous community

Moose, caribou, deer … they’ve roamed the forests for thousands of years, shaping ecosystems as much as human cultures have. But how can we confirm the presence of these animals without observing, ...
Mongabay

DNA fingerprinting convicts Zimbabwe lion poachers in landmark case

Prosecutors in Zimbabwe used lion DNA forensics for the first time to successfully convict two people for poaching and trafficking a male lion near Hwange National Park. Investigators analyzed DNA ...
Nanowerk

Crypto beads use DNA and light to hide and reveal secret messages

DNA's four chemical bases can encode vast quantities of data, and the strict pairing rules that govern the double helix offer a built-in mechanism for locking and unlocking messages at the molecular ...
Live Science

'It doesn't lie. So who are you?': What happens when DNA tests show a woman is not the mother of the child she gave birth to?

"At first, I kind of laughed … But they were serious. I could just see the seriousness in their faces." In this book excerpt, Lise Barnéoud explores the limitations of DNA testing. When you purchase ...
New York Post

DNA in Nancy Guthrie case could take ‘a year’ to analyze, sheriff says — after using private lab instead of FBI

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos revealed that there are problems with the DNA evidence collected from Nancy Guthrie’s house that could take up to a year for the private Florida lab he’s using to ...
Android Police

I found out what fingerprinting actually is, and I'm never using incognito again

I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...
CNN

With no initial DNA match, Guthrie investigators turn to one of their newest tools to crack cases: genetic genealogy

Only a few years ago, Tuesday’s announcement that a glove believed to be connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona, had no match in a DNA database would have been a dead end.