The research team showed that airDNA sampling could successfully detect mole-rat DNA within the animal’s housing and from the room itself. The scientists also found human DNA in the air samples.
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The continually evolving technology behind DNA testing—combined with decreasing costs—has forced states to consider the genetic code of citizens inside House and Senate chambers much more often than in previous decades.
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DNA from an unknown male was found at the crime scene and a STR profile was produced, however it returned no matches in a CODIS search.
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In a unique solution that would make Doc Brown proud, a team of forensic scientists solved a 1988 rape case by going back to the beginning—leveraging the equipment and techniques that were considered the gold standard over three decades ago.
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If a DNA profile can be obtained, subject to the amount and quality of the DNA, a forensic case meeting will be held to formulate the most appropriate DNA strategy forward.
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"This outcome is exactly what local prosecutors were hoping for when the Attorney General and the DOJ redoubled the efforts to get all remaining cold case sexual assault evidence tested a few years ago,” said Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley.
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Distressed by authorities’ poor treatment of rape victims and destruction of evidence, one doctor became a DNA archivist long before we had the technology to test it. For potentially hundreds of survivors, his faith in science is paying off.
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An interdisciplinary team of scientists, physicians and human rights advocates propose a DNA-led framework for safely and ethically reunifying the more than 70,000 families separated at the U.S. border as a result of the now-repealed Trump Administration’s Zero Tolerance policy.
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For years, Santos has led the effort to expand the DNA lab within Philippines National Police and establish a national DNA database. Serving as a Hit of the Year judge in 2017, Santos says the cases she reviewed are still an inspiration to her.
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This month, INTERPOL debuted I-Familia, the first global database designed to use DNA of relatives to identify missing persons or unidentified human remains around the world. The move is significant at the international level.
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