A recent arrest made in a 30-year-old murder is an absolute “game-changer”—it is the first case using whole genome sequencing to separate mixtures.
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These new standards include detailed requirements for conducting validation studies, developing protocols from them and verifying that those protocols work correctly.
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The study provides the lowest estimate of the limit of sensitivity of dogs' noses and has implications for arson investigations.
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Health officials in Tennessee's largest county say the number of overdoses related to opioids and other drugs has surged in the past month, reaching 58 deaths in a 30-day period.
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With the coronavirus economic crisis deepening, experts at University of Portsmouth are warning it will lead to the highest levels of fraud and cybercrime ever recorded.
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The Colorado District Court for Eagle County has ruled that STRmix "is a relevant and reasonably reliable practice for interpreting likelihood ratios under 1,000 with low quality samples.”
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The largest-ever study of alleged racial profiling during traffic stops has found that blacks, who are pulled over more frequently than whites by day, are much less likely to be stopped after sunset.
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Researchers have shown that it is possible to disentangle the DNA sequences of the chromosomes inherited from the mother and the father to create true diploid genomes from a single individual.
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In September 2015, Pennsylvania state had more than 3,000 rape kits awaiting testing at a police department or crime lab. Today, there are 94.
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A 400-member nurses union is calling for top administrators at the Department of Social and Health Services, which oversees the hospital, to be removed over their handling of the outbreak.
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