DNA damage is a threat to genome integrity and can be a cause of many human diseases, owing to either changes in the chemical structure of DNA or conversion of the damage into a mutation, that is, a ...

Lane County investigators used DNA evidence to solve the 1995 murder of Joni Marie Grigsby 30 years after her death.

The detection of specific DNA sequences is central to precision medicine, from pathogen identification to the risk assessment of human genetic diseases to disease prognosis. As the understanding of ...

Ian Bailey remained as the key suspect into the horrific death of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier, but was never charged by Gardai, ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - A judge in Maricopa County has thrown out the DNA sample that led to the arrest of a man accused of killing a Scottsdale woman in 2015. The murder of Allison Feldman confounded ...

Contamination and other errors in DNA analysis have occurred at the Washington State Patrol crime labs, most of it the result of sloppy work. The most common problems are cross-contamination by ...

DNA is the molecular basis of heredity, the inherited traits that pass between generations in a person's family tree. Embodied in the sequence of base pairs, DNA carries information between ...