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Why The Supreme Court Should Let Cops Keep Collecting Suspects' DNA
The U.S. Supreme Court is going to hear a huge genetic privacy case this month that one top high court expert called the "most important, overlooked case of the term."In Maryland v. King, the high...
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Los Angeles Coroner Might Need Complex Forensic Techniques To Identify...
If fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner's body is too burned to make dental or X-ray identification possible, coroners might have to follow an example set by Malaysian scientists. San Bernardino County...
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Preventing Diseases May Soon Be As Simple As Applying A Band-Aid
An innovative new way to deliver vaccines could drastically improve the health of the third world, and even the first world, by making vaccines cheaper and easier to distribute and use. The "vaccine...
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Family Sells Nobel Prize Of Man Who Discovered DNA Structure
Ever wished you had a Nobel Prize? Well you are in luck.The family of Francis Crick, who died in 2004, is selling off his Nobel Prize, which he won in 1962 for his role in the discovery of the...
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The Supreme Court Is Deciding Whether Cops Can Force Open Your Mouth And Swab...
The Supreme Court is hearing a case today that could set a nationwide precedent for the privacy rights we have over our own DNA.In Maryland v. King, the justices will decide whether police need a...
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Why I Sequenced My Genome
It’s a fresh April morning in 2012 when I head to Connecticut to see a man about a genome. Not just any genome, but my own.I want to learn my own biological secrets. I want to get a look at the unique...
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Female DNA Found On Boston Bombing Explosives
Authorities have found female DNA on the explosives used by the bombers in Boston, Evan Perez and Devlin Barrett of the Wall Street Journal report.The find is anything but conclusive though.From the...
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SUPREME COURT: Police Can Force Open Your Mouth And Swab Your DNA
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that police don't need a search warrant before they open your mouth and take a swab of DNA if you've been arrested for a "serious crime."The Supreme Court ruled in a...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Rules That Some DNA Can Still Be Patented
The Supreme Court ruled this morning that companies can't patent human genetic sequences.But they ruled that patents can still be granted on lab-created cDNA sequences.cDNA is shorthand for...
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Scientists Sequenced The Genome Of A 700,000-Year-Old Horse
When a horse gallops, there is a moment when all its feet leave the ground — the moment of suspension. Scientists digging for fossils in the permafrost of Canada's Yukon Territory happened across a...
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The Science Behind Your Summer Sunburn
Summer means lots of out-of-doors time. Whether at beaches, barbeques, hanging out in the park or at the pool, most people catch more sun rays this season than other times of the year. In the process,...
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Google Dedicated Today's Doodle To The Woman Who Took The First Picture Of DNA
Photographs document the stations of human life: the snapshot of a young child tossing a ball, the image of a young bride coming down the aisle, the portrait of an old man lined with age and...
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70-Year-Old Court Employee Fired After Helping A Wrongly Convicted Man Seek...
A Kansas judge fired a 34-year employee of the court — nine months before her retirement — after she showed a wrongly convicted man a publicly available court document on DNA testing, the Associated...
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Identical Twins Both Charged With Rape Because Prosecutors Couldn't Tell...
A pair of identical twins have both appeared in court charged over the rape of a woman as they cannot be told apart by their DNA.Mohammed and Aftab Asghar were arrested after forensic evidence taken...
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New Study Drives A Nail In The 'Jurassic Park' Coffin — Amber-Preserved...
A new study suggests the worst possible news for fans of Jurassic Park: it's not possible to isolate DNA from amber-preserved insects.Researchers from the University of Copenhagen tried to isolate DNA...
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How A DNA Test Can Tell You How Confident And Happy You Are
I’m probably going to live longer than you are.I can’t be sure, of course, but I have two genes associated with exceptional longevity, so all other things being equal, well, I’d take those odds in...
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Here's How To Figure Out What Your DNA Sounds Like
Startup 23andMe, founded by Anne Wojcicki, helps you figure out essentially everything about your genealogy. A fun little feature on 23andMe analyzes your DNA to create a unique melody based on your...
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Scientists Have Found An Ancient Fossilized Mosquito Full Of Blood
Researchers have just published an exciting find: a 46-million-year-old mosquito full of blood. Next stop "Jurassic Park"? Not so fast. The find is really interesting because it's the first example of...
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Scientists Created A New Type Of Toxin But Have To Keep It Secret
It's one of the most toxic substances known to science. You would die from inhaling 13/1,000,000,000 of a gram of it.And some folks inject small amounts of it in their faces to get rid of their...
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How Illumina's Gene Sequencing Technology Could Transform Health Care
By pretty much any measure, biotechnology company Illumina's growth has been spectacular. When Jay Flatley joined as CEO in 1999, the San Diego-based business had 25 people. It now employs more than...
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