In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific ...

James Duckett, a former Lake County police officer, is scheduled for execution on March 31, 2026, but his attorneys argue that newly revealed evidence and pending DNA testing raise questions about his ...

A DNA test could help match patients with psychiatric medications, potentially reducing the long and frustrating ...

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A court hears DNA taken from a victim's clothes had no link to jailed Andrew Malkinson.

With aging populations on the rise, the need for better tools to diagnose and monitor Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia, has never been more urgent. This disease is ...

Lance Shockley died by lethal injection last year. State courts have rejected prisoners' requests for DNA testing in recent ...

Lance Shockley, who had long insisted he was innocent in the 2005 killing of Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Carl “Dewayne” Graham Jr., was executed on Oct. 14, 2025 after years of pressing courts ...

A man can look at a photo from another continent and see his own face staring back. Same eyes, same crooked smile, same birthmark near the chin. Yet in the picture, the boy is leaning against another ...

The three-year UNITED 2.0 initiative will use advanced DNA testing and AI to give doctors a more complete picture of a patient’s cancer and help match treatments more precisely.

A new genetic study by researchers at Michigan State University reveals that Borneo’s “fanged frogs” may consist of several hidden species, highlighting complex evolution and the importance of DNA in ...

After nearly a decade of legal battles, a Kenyan court has finally recognised Chepkoech Too as a biological daughter of the late politician and businessman Mark Kiptarbei arap Too, clearing the way ...