Law enforcement has used genetic data in its investigations. In 2018, police tapped into GEDmatch’s DNA database to find the “Golden State Killer” suspect, jump-starting law enforcement ...

Cartoon comparing DNA strand displacement using the DNA-tweezers (top) versus the DNA probe built into the previous chip (bottom). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

A new study published in PNAS by researchers at the Smithsonian, Academia Sinica and The George Washington University analyzed more than 47 million animal DNA sequences from GenBank, the most ...

That changed this year when Iowa’s DNA database yielded a hit. DNA from the toddler’s pajamas matched that of Michael James Cisneros, a Mason City man who was required to submit a DNA sample ...

The government DNA database now contains 1.09 million children's DNA profiles, according to official figures. Of those profiles of children under 18, 337,000 were under 16. The figures were ...