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DNA Analysis RSSSat May 18 08:53:26 EDT 2013

The Power of LDIS
Local DNA Index System, when used to its full effect, gives local law enforcement and forensic science a valuable means to exploit the intended potential of CODISLocal DNA Index System, when used to its full effect, gives local law enforcement and forensic science a valuable means to exploit the intended potential of CODIS read more

Next Generation Sequencing for Forensics
You can’t look at the advent of next generation DNA sequencing, the speed at which the technology is advancing, and the rate at which the cost is dropping and—with any intellectual honesty—suggest that the forensic use of DNA is going to continue with blinders to anything phenotypic.I was wrong. And I was wrong pretty often. I wasn’t the only one; lots of us were out there saying it. read more

Why Do A Study When I Could Just Tell You?
The value of social science–forensic science partnerships read more

The Future of Forensics Has Arrived: The Application of Next Generation Sequencing
The progression from Sanger-type sequencing (STS) to next generation sequencing (NGS) will further advance the regenerative sciences, personalized medicine, and forensics.Over the last two decades, numerous innovative technological advances have fueled the expansion of the biological and chemical sciences. read more

Touch DNA: From the Crime Scene to the Crime Laboratory
While touch DNA has become a much requested and successful test for DNA laboratories to perform, we must remember its limitations and be aware of the factors which may affect the results.While touch DNA has become a much requested and successful test for DNA laboratories to perform, we must remember its limitations and be aware of the factors which may affect the results. read more

In their DNA: Finding El Salvador’s Missing Children
In El Salvador, the tragic legacy of los desaparecidos—the disappeared—looms large. Beginning in the early 1980s and lasting for more than a decade during the country’s bloody conflict years, disappearances were an everyday occurrence. Children were no exception. Kidnapped, separated from their families, a significant number of El Salvador’s missing children were illegally placed via suspect agencies with adoptive families the world over. read more

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Google Alerts - DNA+FORENSICSat May 18 04:43:31 EDT 2013

State forensic scientist, Chris Harris' ex-girlfriends testify Friday ...
Forensic tests on blood stains produced DNA profiles matching Rick Gee inside Chris Harris' truck, Ruth Gee on a laptop computer stolen from the victim's home and Dillen Constant on one of Harris' shoes. Inconclusive results were returned on stains ...
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Experts tell of DNA evidence in wife murder trial
And Stephanie Sherwood, a forensic scientist, described the blood stains which had been found by police on the house's landing and in their bedroom. Miss Moore also explained that DNA very likely to have come from Mrs Parsons had been found on a large ...
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DNA match led to arrest
The Centre of Forensic Sciences matched DNA evidence gathered at the scene by Chatham-Kent police to identify a suspect. Officers arrested the accused on Park Avenue West Tuesday afternoon and found drugs in his possession, said police. The man is ...
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DNA Evidence Leads To Arrest
Officers at the scene collected forensic evidence and police received a DNA hit from the Centre of Forensic Sciences. The suspect was arrested yesterday on Park Ave. W in Chatham. Police say he was in possession of drugs when arrested. The 28-year-old ...
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Live updates: April Jones trial told of forensic evidence found in Mark ...
Today, the court has heard from a forensic expert who described a trail of blood matching April's DNA running through Bridger's home, leading to his fireplace. The jury has also been told by forensic scientist Emma Howes there is "no scientific ...
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SBI forensic technician testifies on lack of McNeill DNA on blanket ...
An SBI lab technician was back on the stand Thursday in the Mario McNeill capitol murder trial out of Cumberland County. McNeill is charged with raping and ...
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Forensic expert testifies in McNeill murder trial
The Fayetteville Observer reports (http://bit.ly/15GvjW7) Christine Hughes, who does forensic DNA analysis for the State Bureau of Investigation, told jurors in the murder trial of Mario McNeill Monday that genital and oral swabs were collected from ...
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blood found at Bridger home 'matches April Jones DNA'
Today the trial of 47-year-old Bridger heard from forensic scientist Emma Howes, who told the jury about numerous drops of blood found in his cottage which matched April's DNA. She spoke particularly of a “drip trail” of blood stains found under the ...
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April Jones murder case: Blood 'around suspect's home'
Blood at several locations around the home of the man accused of murdering April Jones matched the five-year-old's DNA, a jury has been told. A forensics expert told Mold Crown Court the blood was found on the floor in Mark Bridger's living room. She ...
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BBC News

Forensic frenzy: Higher demand being placed on state crime labs
It handles DNA analysis, between 60 and 70 percent of the state's toxicology tests of bodily fluids for the presence of drugs and alcohol, latent fingerprints (fingerprints left behind at crime scenes), firearms ballistic testing and a field known as ...
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Fox on DNA Forensic Error and the Execution of Innocents |
Fox on DNA Forensic Error and the Execution of Innocents. Posted on May 5, 2013 by petrieflom. Willie Jerome Manning, a 44-year-old black man, is scheduled ...
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DNA Confirms Kidnap Suspect Is Father Of Girl - Sky News
Mr DeWine said a sample of Castro's DNA was taken Thursday and forensic scientists worked through the night on the case. The girl is the daughter of Amanda Berry, who authorities say was held for about a decade in Castro's house in Cleveland along with ...
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Forensics crucial in high-profile cases, including Indianapolis Richmond Hill ...
"DNA is the 'aha' moment in forensic science," said Mike Melder, director of the Marion County Forensic Services Agency. "If we can identify a person in a crime or can exonerate an individual, that's good, too." Items from the south side explosion were ...
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WRTV Indianapolis

DNA tool brings life to the long dead
May 8 - A new DNA-based research tool developed in Poland, could help forensic specialists identify dead bodies which have either decomposed or been mutilated beyond recognition. The HirisPlex system has already been used to reveal the hair and eye ...
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DNA Forensic Error and the Execution of Innocents - Democratic ...
Source: Huffington Post DNA Forensic Error and the Execution of Innocents Posted: 05/04/2013 2:18 pm. Willie Jerome Manning, a 44-year-old black man, ...
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New Utah forensic tool gets 'CSI' exposure - The Republic
But Sorenson Forensics has used the M-Vac in six cases submitted to the company, and at least one shows promising findings, said spokeswoman Cami Green. Another of the lab's cases had "totally inconclusive" results -- there just wasn't enough DNA on ...
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