The case against Long Island’s suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer has emerged as a potentially precedent-setting battleground in the use of advanced DNA techniques in criminal cases ...

Police around the US say they're justified to run DNA-generated 3D models of faces through facial recognition tools to help crack cold cases. Everyone but the cops thinks that’s a bad idea.

The ability to correct disease-causing genetic mistakes using genome editors holds great promise in medicine, but it is not ...

Biology is no longer being hampered by the cell environment thanks to cell-free technology that makes it easier to clone DNA.

New DNA tools help Oklahoma investigators make progress on cold cases Rapid DNA and genetic genealogy are giving families new hope as investigators reopen decades-old crimes across Oklahoma ...

Performing 175 different DNA edits, the researchers show prime editing can change DNA with incredible precision and, importantly, introduces errors at a much lower rate than previous gene-editing ...

Ultrafast, low-cost DNA sequencing technology a step closer to reality Date: November 24, 2014 Source: Arizona State University Summary: A prototype DNA reader that could make whole genome ...

Gilgo Beach killings: New DNA technology's admissibility to be tested in case against Rex Heuermann Police investigators search the Massapequa Park home of Rex Heuermann on July 14, 2023.

Long DNA synthesis is an evolving technology that aims to custom-make genes and genomes. Once this technology becomes affordable, will it still be useful to cut and paste DNA? Pawan Dhar analyses ...

Mawi DNA Technologies’ iSWAB-Microbiome-EL sample collection technology enables BioTech Africa to implement ultra-high throughput COVID-19 testing.

Environmental DNA research has aided conservation, but scientists say its ability to glean information about human populations and individuals poses dangers.