New rapid DNA testing helps TBI speed up investigations

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is using rapid DNA testing technology to help speed up investigations, and News 2 got a ...

6 Living Men Took a DNA Test to Solve One Mystery: Whose Bones Are in Leonardo da Vinci’s Grave?

Scientists traced Leonardo da Vinci’s Y chromosome through living relatives, a breakthrough that may confirm his true burial ...
Davis Vanguard

DNA Testing and Withheld Evidence Raise Doubts in Florida Murder Case

James Duckett, a former Lake County police officer, is scheduled for execution on March 31, 2026, but his attorneys argue that newly revealed evidence and pending DNA testing raise questions about his ...

DNA testing could clear a dead man’s name — and point to a serial killer

Over 34 years in prison, Shawn Tanner maintained he was not guilty of murder. A legal battle over whether the dead can clear their names will grant his final wish.
Nature

Identical twins on trial: can DNA testing tell them apart?

In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific methods could help in such cases.
KCUR

Missouri man said DNA test could prove his innocence. He was executed before a court ruled

Lance Shockley died by lethal injection last year. State courts have rejected prisoners' requests for DNA testing in recent ...

How a DNA Testing Kit Revealed a Family Secret Hidden for 54 Years

She discovered at age 54 that he was not her biological father The author with her dad Paul Shapiro on the beach in Bermuda, circa 1965. She discovered at age 54 that he was not her biological ...
The New York Times

The Best DNA Testing Kit

But such DNA testing services also come with inherent privacy concerns, and they’re bound by few legal guidelines regulating the use of your data. The ramifications of sharing your DNA with for-profit ...