DNA: It's what makes you unique. Unless you have an identical twin, your DNA is different from that of every other person in the world. And that's what makes DNA fingerprinting possible. Experts can ...

Researchers have created a three-step algorithm, lobSTR, that in one day accurately and simultaneously profiles more than 100,000 short tandem repeats in one human genome sequence -- a feat that ...

One morning 20 years ago, Alec Jeffreys stumbled upon DNA fingerprinting, identifying the patterns of genetic material that are unique to almost every individual. The discovery revolutionized ...

KNOXVILLE, TN — Agarose gel electrophoresis" Most teenagers wouldn’t have a clue what this scientific term means, but middle school student Andrew Trigiano knows the protocol inside and out. When ...

The Supreme Court debated Tuesday whether Maryland’s decision to collect DNA samples from people arrested for serious crimes represents an unconstitutional invasion of privacy or a crime-solving ...

"I think this is perhaps the most important criminal procedure case that this Court has heard in decades." Justice Samuel Alito said from the bench Wednesday. "This is what is at stake: Lots of ...

Technology that could allow criminals to be identified from a single cell left at a crime scene decades earlier has been demonstrated in Sydney, Australia. The single cell DNA fingerprinting technique ...