I was one of the first to spit into a test tube, giving up my DNA forever to learn more about my health and heredity. You know, the ones that promise to connect you with distant relatives you didn ...

Home DNA tests are an accessible way to gain an extensive understanding of your heritage, family history and diaspora. Tests ...

While polygraph exams, which Noem pledged to use for department employees, are typically not admissible in court, they are ...

The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office will no longer rely on a state lab for DNA testing, as the Colorado ... with DNA analysis and sexual assault kit processing times.” Incoming sexual assault ...

Scientists have developed and validated a DNA test kit to help detect the critically endangered Yangtze softshell turtle, a species on the very cusp of extinction. The environmental DNA ...

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem ordered an internal directive on Feb. 18 ordering staffers to submit to polygraph tests to crackdown on those trying to hamper ICE’s deportation operations.

The justices heard arguments in the case of a man on death row in Texas who claims DNA testing could spare his life. By Abbie VanSickle Reporting from Washington Ruben Gutierrez, a Texas death row ...

This kit contains a swab, a vial of water, a plastic tube and instructions and aims to 'validate' survivors. Self-swab DNA testing could put rape survivors "at risk", forensic experts say ...

An 18-year-old St. Paul man already charged with sexual assault is facing new charges after DNA testing by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office on ...

The money remains from a part of $7.4 million that was initially set aside to retest DNA ... testing scandal and expressed concern about a lack of transparency around the backlog of untested rape ...

The genetics behind Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia is complex, and DNA testing kits like 23andme cannot tell the complete story about a person's risk of developing the condition.

Subsequent DNA testing found Kohberger was a “statistical match” to the sample, leading to his arrest, according to prosecutors. To combat that evidence, his defense team has repeatedly ...