"The study is both to check if there are convicted felons that should be in the database, but also to improve the system," ...

Human DNA can be sequenced from small amounts of water, sand and air in the environment to potentially extract identifiable information like genetic lineage, gender, and health risks, according to our ...

A circuit judge has denied a new DNA evidentiary hearing for James Duckett as the state asks the Supreme Court to lift a stay ...

How collecting DNA samples in the wild could transform conservation - Rwanda is using a new approach known as environmental DNA technology to detect species like the endangered mountain gorilla using ...

US Customs and Border Protection collected DNA samples from less than 40% of illegal immigrants stopped at the nation’s borders in 2022, preventing federal law enforcement from solving violent ...

The 1991 murder of four teenage girls in a Texas yogurt shop remains unsolved, but there's hope that advancing DNA technology will change that.

Research institutions around the world house valuable genetic information that could help unlock countless medical mysteries. However, because DNA degrades over time, it is difficult for researchers ...

A DNA sample taken from Bryan Kohberger revealed a near-exact match to the DNA found on a knife sheath at the scene of the quadruple murder in Idaho last November, according to new court documents.

The quantity and quality of DNA isolated from environmental samples are crucial for getting robust high-throughput sequencing data commonly used for microbial community analysis. The differences in ...

Metagenomics is a powerful tool to study marine microbial communities. However, obtaining high-quality environmental DNA suitable for downstream sequencing applications is a challenging task. The ...

A wealth of information lies within DNA, but current technologies limit scientists’ exploration of genetics, epigenetics, and gene expression. Modern sequencing technologies typically analyze one -ome ...