In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific ...

"At first, I kind of laughed … But they were serious. I could just see the seriousness in their faces." In this book excerpt, Lise Barnéoud explores the limitations of DNA testing.

We wanted to see if Ancestry can actually reveal a person’s family history and what records were available in its database, ...

A DNA sample taken from a rape victim in 2003 had no link to a man who was wrongly jailed for 17 years for the attack, a ...

Lance Shockley died by lethal injection last year. State courts have rejected prisoners' requests for DNA testing in recent ...

“That was the moment we realized this was bigger than coincidence,” the rescue worker told Newsweek.

A DNA test could help match patients with psychiatric medications, potentially reducing the long and frustrating ...

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