Advances in Touch DNA Forensics: Where Are We Now and What Does the Future Hold?by Maria Rosales Gerpe, PhDTouch DNA expert Adrian Linacre, PhD, professor of forensic science at Flinders University, on the progress and future of the touch DNA forensics field
Product NewsUpdated Tool for Calculating Likelihood Ratios in DNA Evidenceby STRmixDBLR™ v1.4 enables kinship analysis, rapid database searches, mixture-to-mixture matches
NewsScientists ID Burned Bodies with DNA-Extracting Method Used on Wooly Mammothsby Binghamton UniversityTechnique could provide an effective way for forensic investigators to identify badly burned human remains
Product NewsNew NGS Products Launched to Support Element Biosciences’ AVITI™ Systemby Integrated DNA TechnologiesIDT partners with Element Biosciences to build more streamlined NGS workflows
NewsNew Tool to Diagnose Genetic Mutationsby University of CalgaryCompact kit is designed to get results faster—and easier—than current methods
News‘Genomic Time Machine’ Reveals Secrets of Our DNAby Ecole Polytechnique Federale de LausanneReconstructed ancient genomes allow for identification of previously undetectable transposable elements in human DNA
NewsSyphilis-Like Diseases Already Widespread in America before Columbus’s Arrivalby University of BaselPrehistoric DNA from bones dating over 2,000 years challenges historical theories of the origins of syphilis in America
Product NewsForensic Software Enhanced for Resolving Degraded or Mixed DNA Samplesby STRmixSTRmix™ v2.11 has enhanced memory use as well as other general improvments to the models
NewsCat-Ching Criminals with DNA from Pet Hairsby University of LeicesterNew method helps researchers link suspects to a crime scene via cat hair
NewsTwo Bee Species Become One as Researchers Solve Identity Puzzleby Curtin UniversityResearch shows the importance of DNA barcoding when identifying males and females of the same species
NewsNew Analytical Tool Reduces Errors in Genetic Analysis and Researchby Rutgers UniversityThe software has been made freely available to help future research