Forensics

Obtaining DNA evidence is only a small part of the equation for proving a person's guilt or innocence. In fact, any forensics analysis - from...

Collecting crime scene evidence requires extreme care and attention to detail. One mistake and evidence may be damaged, tainted or inadmissible in a...

The September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York left thousands of people dead and a nation faced with the challenge of...

DNA identification is important for many different areas such as criminal investigations and paternity testing. An important consideration, however,...

Mitochondrial DNA analysis is a technique that uses mitochondrial DNA rather than nuclear DNA. In this manner, it is effective on degraded DNA...

There are numerous techniques available for DNA analysis, each with different merits and challenges. While DNA discovery in itself has been an...

DNA typing is an important aspect of many fields and applications such as forensic science, medicine and paternity disputes. It goes by many names,...

RFLP is a technique that is not widely used now but it was one of the first techniques used for DNA analysis in forensic science and several other...

STR analysis refers to 'short tandem repeat.' This type of DNA analysis works to examine individual areas in DNA. The differences for certain DNA...

Forensic identification uses DNA to create a profile that can be used for many applications such as determining guilt or innocence for a person...

Just when it seems that we have perhaps exhausted all of the applications of DNA, we find yet another valuable use for our knowledge. New research...

Y chromosome analysis is a useful technique for analysing DNA that can be likened in one sense to studying male surnames. Think about the way that...