Forensic DNA evidence is an invaluable tool for determining guilt and innocence in criminal investigations. Technology has reached a point where sub-microscopic samples – so-called “touch DNA” – can ...

Crime documentaries and courtroom dramas offer only a glimpse into the complex world of forensic science. While DNA analysis plays a key role in identifying suspects or victims, the scope of ...

Forensic experts have obtained a DNA profile of the unknown killer of a schoolgirl raped and shot dead 62 years ago near Swansea, Wales. Scientists isolated the killer's DNA from a semen stain on the ...

Shivangi Rao is a research fellow in the Department of Forensic Science at Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, where she focuses on Forensic Genetics and Molecular Biology She has ...

CeCe Moore, an actress and director-turned-genetic genealogist, stood behind a lectern at New Jersey’s Ramapo College in late July. Propelled onto the national stage by the popular PBS show “Finding ...

One of the leading U.S. forensic experts, who served as the primary DNA specialist prosecutor in O.J. Simpson's murder trial, says Canadian agencies are doing victims a disservice by using a ...

Earlier this year, Renata Dziak says she was requested to give her scientific opinion about the male DNA found under Renée Sweeney's fingernails. Dziak is a forensic scientist with the Centre of ...

LONDON – Britain’s forensics watchdog says an innocent man spent months in jail on a rape charge because of a DNA technician’s “avoidable” mistake. Adam Scott was arrested after a plastic tray ...