In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific methods could help in such cases.

Suggested Citation: "Executive Summary." National Research Council. 1996. The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5141. This committee was ...

Medscape recently spoke with Brian Ward, PhD, Vice President of Operations for Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc., in Salt Lake City, Utah, about the difficult task of identifying the victims of the ...

More witnesses took the stand Friday in Tavaris Jackson’s murder trial, including a latent print examiner, a forensic biologist and an EMS paramedic. Sarah Rambadt, a forensic scientist in the biology ...

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office says its Forensic Science Laboratory DNA facility is now fully functional. The sheriff’s office said the lab halted DNA testing after identifying a DNA profile ...

Prosecutors at Karen Read's second murder trial on Friday focused on DNA found on items collected from the crime scene and on clothing of her Boston police officer boyfriend. Read, 45, is accused of ...

Colorado forensic scientists have cut the time it takes for complete DNA testing in sexual assault cases by over half since last summer, but it is still well above both the Colorado Bureau of ...

On Tuesday, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office identified the remains of a Eureka man who was lost at sea over 35 years ago thanks to the aid of a genetic genealogy company. Milton Leon Pelligrini ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Cold Case Unit with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has identified a 2016 deceased victim as Kenneth Robert ...

Krystal Tsosie, Diné, stands before a mural in Eagle Butte, S.D., on the Cheyenne River Reservation. Tsosie is a geneticist, epidemiologist and advocate who has begun working toward returning control ...