After reviewing DNA evidence from a cold case murder, Kirsty Wright uncovered systemic flaws and deception in a forensics ...

Welcome back to a new semester of Dissertation Diaries. As a reminder, this is the series where we highlight Ph.D. students ...

Officials at a Canadian DNA lab knew its prenatal paternity tests were misidentifying babies’ biological fathers, often ruling out the true dads — but continued to sell the tests for more than $1,000, ...

A private lab that seeks to help police solve "unsolvable" crimes by analyzing DNA, announced on Friday morning that it has identified the remains of an individual found beaten and shot to death in ...

“Our lab is generally interested in discovering and characterizing previously unknown or poorly understood factors that are essential for genome maintenance. This is particularly important in the ...

Almost 20 years ago, James Randerson ordered a sequence of smallpox DNA. Smallpox is the only human disease to have ever been successfully eradicated — 46 years ago as of yesterday. It’s one of the ...

Brittni Montano hopes for a break in her son’s case every day. She has been since November of 2023. That’s when she learned her 24-year-old son John Gabaldon III, also known as Tre, was murdered.

ST. PAUL — The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office has put DNA testing at its crime lab on hold as it works to determine the source of “sporadic DNA contamination.” The sheriff’s office said it appears ...

The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office has opened its own DNA lab, cutting down on the time it takes to receive results that occurred when sending test samples to the busy New Jersey State Police lab.

The Arkansas State Crime Laboratory is launching a new DNA profiling program that officials say will allow law enforcement to quickly determine if a person under felony arrest is connected to serious ...

Fayette County deputies search for teens who ran away from New River Ranch A pair of teenagers ran away from the New River Ranch Children's Home in Fayette County and are missing, deputies said.