Cold Cases Heat Up with New Forensic DNA Methods Sequencing technologies are deriving information from challenging samples, and database tools are ensuring that the information yields meaningful ...

Double-stranded DNA’s basic structure is a ladder, as shown below: Image modified from BBC In a living cell, DNA replicates by first “unzipping” into single strands.

A forensic scientist in D.C.'s crime lab, where DNA testing was temporarily suspended last year after mistakes were discovered in how it was interpreting complex evidence.

Forensic genetic genealogy has become an important tool for law enforcement agencies across the country.

Sir Alec Jeffries is the British geneticist who discovered the DNA fingerprint two decades ago. His accidental revelation made it possible to identify people by detecting variations in their genes ...

Warrant protections are important safeguards, especially with regard to crime scene forensics. DNA analysis and other forensic techniques can erroneously identify innocent people.

Claire Glynn, Ph.D. (fourth from right), and her students at a conference. Karen McDermott recently completed an internship that enabled her to apply her forensic genetic genealogy skills to help ...

For nearly three decades, Yvonne “Missy” Woods was Colorado’s star forensic scientist, relied on by police and prosecutors to test DNA evidence in the state’s most baffling crimes.