In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific methods could help in such cases.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crime laboratory officers search the home of Gilgo Beach killings suspect Rex Heuermann in Massapequa Park, New York, on July 18, ...

At the heart of the case against the man accused of the Gilgo Beach killings is DNA evidence — but the novel way that evidence was tested may now determine whether prosecutors can use it against their ...

Heuermann’s defense team challenged the evidence since it was obtained using “whole genome sequencing,” a new DNA technology that had never been used in a New York court. But prosecutors successfully ...

PCR genetic analysis has been in the spotlight since COVID-19, but light is now further facilitating PCR-free methods. Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have developed a light-induced DNA ...