Advances in Touch DNA Forensics: Where Are We Now and What Does the Future Hold?by Maria Rosales Gerpe, PhDTouch DNA expert Adrian Linacre, PhD, professor of forensic science at Flinders University, on the progress and future of the touch DNA forensics field
New NGS Products Launched to Support Element Biosciences’ AVITI™ Systemby Integrated DNA Technologies
NewsScientists ID Burned Bodies with DNA-Extracting Method Used on Wooly Mammothsby Binghamton UniversityTechnique could provide an effective way for forensic investigators to identify badly burned human remains
NewsNew Tool to Diagnose Genetic Mutationsby University of CalgaryCompact kit is designed to get results faster—and easier—than current methods
News‘Genomic Time Machine’ Reveals Secrets of Our DNAby Ecole Polytechnique Federale de LausanneReconstructed ancient genomes allow for identification of previously undetectable transposable elements in human DNA
NewsSyphilis-Like Diseases Already Widespread in America before Columbus’s Arrivalby University of BaselPrehistoric DNA from bones dating over 2,000 years challenges historical theories of the origins of syphilis in America
Product NewsForensic Software Enhanced for Resolving Degraded or Mixed DNA Samplesby STRmixSTRmix™ v2.11 has enhanced memory use as well as other general improvments to the models
NewsCat-Ching Criminals with DNA from Pet Hairsby University of LeicesterNew method helps researchers link suspects to a crime scene via cat hair
NewsTwo Bee Species Become One as Researchers Solve Identity Puzzleby Curtin UniversityResearch shows the importance of DNA barcoding when identifying males and females of the same species
NewsNew Analytical Tool Reduces Errors in Genetic Analysis and Researchby Rutgers UniversityThe software has been made freely available to help future research
NewsFreshwater Connectivity Can Transport Environmental DNA through the Landscapeby Queen Mary University of LondonThe research expands the potential of using eDNA as a means of better understanding freshwater biodiversity
Product NewsIntroducing a New Chromosomal Microarray with Two-Day Turnaround Timeby Thermo Fisher ScientificApplied Biosystems™ CytoScan™ HD Accel array delivers the fastest chromosomal microarray analysis workflow