McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials on Thursday outlined the agency’s role in a nationwide DNA sampling program and explained how the agency will adhere to ...

New technology could speed up the authentication and tracking of cotton from field to rack. Applied DNA Science, Inc. (APDN), a provider of botanical DNA-based security solutions and services, ...

Many Black people in the U.S. cannot trace their ancestry because earlier generations of their family were enslaved. But an Illinois program is changing what’s possible and connecting long-lost family ...

SAN ANTONIO — A new statewide program is giving sexual assault survivors the ability to collect and test DNA evidence without having to file a police report, according to a press release from the ...

MILTON, Pa. — It's been two months since the Pennsylvania State Police rolled out a new Rapid DNA program. Trooper Sara Barrett says there was a reason this was needed. "This is done so that we can ...

What if you could create a mugshot of a criminal using only a single strand of hair left behind at the crime scene? Well, thanks to new research, we're getting closer to being able to do just that. A ...

Jennifer A. Surtees, PhD, has long been dedicated to studying genome stability and to boosting community involvement in research. With a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, she’ll get to do ...

Jennifer A. Surtees has long been dedicated to studying genome stability and boosting community involvement in research. With a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, she’ll get to do both.