The Hennepin County Forensics Science Lab is crucial in helping investigators solve crimes. "We do prioritize violent crimes first," said Hanna Sczepanski, a DNA Analyst. When evidence is collected at ...

A single multipurpose gene-editing tool can correct several genetic conditions by restoring proteins that have been truncated ...

DNA “works both ways — for the defense, and for the person who says they were a victim,” said Will Snowden, a defense ...

NORTH CHARLESTON — A long-awaited lab that would speed up DNA analysis from Charleston-area crime scenes is a step closer to becoming reality. Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester county officials ...

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died, according to ...

The Rapid DNA system is now in eastern Oklahoma. Law enforcement agencies can now create DNA profiles in a fraction of the time, while waiting for laboratory testing to be complete.