Queensland DNA lab crisis: New documents expose ongoing testing failures

A secret briefing warned the Queensland government that police and courts were still being provided unreliable DNA results, ...
Labroots

Reliable cfDNA Extraction Workflow for ddPCR Analysis

Recent advancements in liquid biopsies have demonstrated the potential of cfDNA as a universal, minimally invasive sample type in cancer prognosis, diagnosis, and prenatal testing 1. In parallel, the ...
Labroots

sbeadex Lightning, 5-minute purification transforms DNA extraction

LONDON, 14 January 2024: LGC Biosearch Technologies™ has launched a nucleic acid extraction method, sbeadex™ Lightning. This product rapidly delivers high-purity DNA in high-yields, typically ...
Newsday

Gilgo serial killings: Co-founder of lab that linked hair samples with Rex Heuermann will testify later this month

A co-founder of the California laboratory whose new nuclear DNA extraction method is at the center of an ongoing hearing to determine its admissibility in the criminal case against alleged Gilgo Beach ...
NPR

Inside the lab working to identify the remains of 9/11 victims

Last month, New York City officials announced they had identified the remains of another three victims who died in the Sept. 11 attacks at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. It was the latest ...

Iberia Parish crime lab enhances forensics with new DNA tech

The Bo Duhe Acadiana Criminalistics Lab has opened in Iberia Parish, providing advanced DNA technology to law enforcement across eight Acadiana parishes, replacing an older, smaller lab prone to ...