DNA profiling technologies are rapidly advancing, creating the potential to identify individuals involved in making, packing and transporting illegal capsules by analyzing the exterior of the illicit ...

Western Pennsylvania healthcare innovators are working to improve patient safety. Their efforts help deepen Pittsburgh’s standing as a global safety center — and bring critical research and innovation ...

Promising new inroads into critical DNA testing has been forecast by experts who have applied machine learning to DNA profiling. From medical diagnostics to forensic tests and national security, PCR ...

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) remains a challenging cancer type to treat effectively. While patients initially respond to chemotherapy and immunotherapies, the disease almost always returns, often ...

DNA fingerprinting has been hailed by law-enforcement officials as the 20th century’s most important breakthrough in forensic science. They are eager to use the new technology to identify and ...

Crime documentaries and courtroom dramas offer only a glimpse into the complex world of forensic science. While DNA analysis plays a key role in identifying suspects or victims, the scope of ...

By Spoorthy Raman A CSI-style investigation in Zimbabwe helped to successfully prosecute two people for killing a lion and trafficking its teeth, flesh and other body parts in February. Forensic ...

The boss of the state’s Forensic and Scientific Services has told the DNA inquiry that “I’ve got so much to learn” about the science and technology of DNA profiling. Forensic and Scientific Services ...