Fingerprints or DNA which is more effective in case? As someone who has worked in the crime scene investigation field, this is a question that has been posed to me more than once. The increase in ...

In June 2021, Australian forensic biologist Kirsty Wright was on holiday when she got a phone call from a journalist who was investigating a young woman’s unsolved murder and needed an expert to ...

D.C.’s forensic crime lab has been reaccredited after nearly three years of being unable to process evidence. The lab has regained accreditation for its biology lab, which processes DNA, and the ...

In the constantly evolving field of forensic science, processing DNA quickly and accurately is paramount. Recent advances in technology have transformed the landscape of forensic DNA analysis, ...

Prosecutors in Zimbabwe used lion DNA forensics for the first time to successfully convict two people for poaching and trafficking a male lion near Hwange National Park. Investigators analyzed DNA ...

As potential developments in the automation of DNA fingerprinting threaten to introduce vulnerabilities in the system, researchers develop ‘genetic barcodes’ to prevent sample tampering. DNA ...