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, ...

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

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 ...

Researchers have found a way to detect persistent Epstein-Barr virus directly from routine blood-based genome sequencing, bypassing the antibody tests that have defined EBV diagnostics for decades.

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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 ...