Thousands of cold cases could be solved after a breakthrough in DNA profiling. Forensic scientists from Interpol have developed a new method for identifying victims and suspects from previously ...

Advances in DNA sequencing technology help forensic biologists identify suspects where traditional DNA profiling has failed, ...

Decades later, authorities have identified the man involved in two heinous crimes in Brockton, a 1991 murder and a 1993 rape, ...

More than 32 years ago, a grisly discovery was made in a rural area about 2-1/2 miles south of Interstate 65 in North Baldwin ...

A pioneering new DNA forensics technique is looking for a reliable method to measure a suspect's individual level of natural shedding of skin and other cells to add to, and compare with, evidence ...

This volume offers recommendations for handling DNA samples, performing calculations, and other aspects of using DNA as a forensic tool. It addresses two major areas - determination of DNA profiles ...

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 ...

Authorities touted the use of a growing, powerful, yet contentious forensic technique to bring the search for a suspect in last year’s killing of Rachel Morin to a long-awaited close. The FBI credited ...

The DNA report for the murdered daughter of an IRS officer is due in 15 days. AIIMS forensic head Dr Sudhir Gupta said postmortem findings show signs of a violent struggle. The accused, Rahul Meena, ...

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 ...

A man in Florida has been indicted on a second-degree murder charge in the 2009 killing of his uncle in New York City after authorities say DNA collected from a discarded fork linked him to the crime.

Forensic experts have obtained a DNA profile of the unknown killer of a schoolgirl raped and shot dead 62 years ago near Swansea, Wales. Scientists isolated the killer's DNA from a semen stain on the ...