SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation (SMGF) today announced, in conjunction with the 2010 National Genealogical Society Family History Conference, that its ...

How ethical is it to keep a database of convicted felons' DNA profiles? Can we rely on DNA fingerprints for conviction? Many ethical issues surround the use of DNA in forensic technology. Although the ...

Gardaí in a number of divisions have failed to submit forensic data satisfactorily to the National DNA Database System, according to a new report. The database is used to investigate and solve crimes ...

The United States government has collected DNA samples from upwards of 133,000 migrant children and teenagers—including at least one 4-year-old—and uploaded their genetic data into a national criminal ...

DNA samples from about 1,600 Delaware criminals were found in a box in the state Medical Examiner’s Office in 2014, having never been entered into a national database of sex offenders and others ...

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Last month, Delaware officials were crowing after the arrest of a suspect in a series of rapes whose DNA was found while testing nearly 1,000 long-neglected rape kits. Some of those kits had ...

Scientists investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic might be working with the wrong samples, because some early samples of the virus submitted by a Chinese researcher were deleted from a ...