CombiMatrix Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter 2011 Financial Results
MarketWatch (press release)
IRVINE, Calif., Feb 29, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — CombiMatrix Corporation (UTD:CBMX) , a molecular diagnostics company performing DNA-based testing services for cancer and developmental disorders, reported today that total revenues for the …

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Apartment complex testing DNA of dog poo
CBS 21
28 (UPI) — The owners of an Ohio apartment complex said they are using DNA testing to determine the identities of residents who fail to clean up after their dogs. Summit Management Services, which owns The Lakes of West Chester Village, said the "Poo …

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DNA testing campaign launched in Iraq to help identify the missing
Al-Arabiya
By Noora Faraj Iraq has embarked on a DNA-testing campaign to assist families in identifying missing relatives during Saddam Hussein's rule and beginning of the US led invasion in 2003. The project based in Basra, Ramadi, and Diyala provinces is run by …

DNA testing a top priority for CING
Cyprus Mail
It recently came to light that a disagreement between CING and the CMP may lead to the remains of missing persons being sent abroad to be identified, as they have opened tenders to find a DNA laboratory either in Cyprus or abroad.

Kirsty Jones murder: DNA focus for Thai police
BBC News
The head of CID at Dyfed-Powys Police said investigations are now focused on a DNA profile recovered from the scene. Thai Police are carrying out a programme of testing possible suspects for a match. Det Ch Supt Steve Wilkins and Ch Insp Andy John have …

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DNA Testing, Smoking Ban And Jail Upgrades On County Legislative Agendas
Patch.com
By Robin Traum Four Rockland County Legislative Committees will meet today starting at 5:15 pm The Public Safety Committee kicks off the back-to-back meetings with an agenda item to vote on a resolution asking the state assembly to pass a DNA testing …

Is your child athletic? The at-home DNA sports test
WZZM
There is a new DNA test on the market called Sports X Factor that says it can tell if your child is cut out for sports. The field of DNA testing is becoming so mainstream that it is now making its way to consumers with these at-home test kits.

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Another Death Row Debacle: The Case Against Thomas Arthur
The Atlantic
By Andrew Cohen In Alabama, a death row prisoner could be exonerated by a DNA test. Why are the courts preventing this from happening — especially when another man has already confessed to the crime? AP Images Another month, another man on death row, …

DNA test in Welton Waters body mystery
This is Hull and East Riding
It is thought DNA testing on the remains could now take several weeks. As police are not treating the incident as suspicious, the results of the testing could take longer than usual. This is because testing laboratories are required to give cases such …

Detroit team methodically pores over rape kits
CBS News
"Some of these rape kits stored and taken into custody before the (DNA testing) technology was full bloom," said Suzette Samuels, head of the Wayne County prosecutor's office sexual assault team. "Combine that with an increased case load and more …

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Hisham: DNA testing to resolve issue in Sabah
Malaysia Star
KLUANG: The Home Ministry will use the latest technology, such as DNA testing, to resolve the issue of stateless children in Sabah, said its minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein. Hishammuddin said this would also expedite the issuances of documents …

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Detroit team methodically pores over rape kits
Detroit Free Press
"Some of these rape kits stored and taken into custody before the (DNA testing) technology was full bloom," said Suzette Samuels, head of the Wayne County prosecutor's office sexual assault team. "Combine that with an increased case load and more …

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Fired OSBI lab analyst lands job in another state program
Tulsa World
Shelly Schultz performs a DNA test in the biology lab at the OSBI Forensic Science Center in Edmond. Oklahoman file By RANDY ELLIS NewsOK.com OKLAHOMA CITY – A former OSBI lab analyst who was fired for poor performance has been hired to serve as …

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Simple, early blood test tells fetal health, replacing intrusive tests
Daily Democrat
The $1200 test, which analyzes fetal DNA in a mother who is 10 weeks pregnant, is being offered to doctors March 1 by Verinata Health, a biotechnology company in Redwood City. It licensed a technique designed by Stanford biophysicist Stephen Quake.

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Hisham: DNA test the way to resolve stateless children issue
Malaysia Star
KLUANG: The Home Ministry will use DNA testing to resolve the issue of stateless children in Sabah, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein. He said through such a method, the waiting period for the stateless children to receive documents …

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DNA could break 16-year-old Greece murder case
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
High sensitivity DNA testing allows scientists to get reliable results from tiny samples of evidence, some too small to be seen with the human eye. Scientists make millions of copies of DNA strands in the sample, then interpret those results while …

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Convicted Fresno killer gets DNA testing OK'd
Fresno Bee
By Pablo Lopez – The Fresno Bee A judge on Friday reopened a 1994 Fresno murder case when he granted the convicted killer's request to have further DNA testing done on the evidence. Judge Jonathan Conklin approved DeShawn Lee Jackson's motion in Fresno …

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Ryan Braun: 'The truth is on my side'
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
Just like some thief who gets out of prison because they didn't read him his miranda rights, you might not want to brag about this. mr. nolte • 17 hours ago Braun offered to do a DNA test…MLB said no..why?..it would have proved if the urine in fact …
Braun Q&A: Awkward issues for MLBESPN
Braun: 'Truth was on my side' in test appealabc11.com
Ryan Braun Wins Appeal: Why It's Great for Major League BaseballBleacher Report
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DNA testing connects deceased suspect to Plaquemines Parish homicide
NOLA.com
By Allen Powell II, The Times Picayune The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office is reporting that DNA testing has linked a now dead murder suspect to the killing of an elderly man in Jesuit Bend earlier this year. Sheriff Michael L. Lafrance announced …

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Kentucky High Court To Take Up DNA Testing Case
LEX18 Lexington KY News
LOUISVILLE (AP) – The Kentucky Supreme Court has taken up a request for DNA testing law brought by two men convicted in a Satanic ritual slaying of a woman in 1992. The high court on Thursday said it would hear an appeal from 42-year-old Garr Keith …
Ky high court to take up DNA testing caseSan Antonio Express

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Jurors hear conflicting DNA test results
Petrolia Topic
Conflicting DNA test results were presented to jurors Feb. 23 during a Superior Court first-degree murder trial in Sarnia. The man accused of murdering Petrolian Velma Thomson in 1983 was likely the source of a DNA sample from the crime scene, …
DNA tied to accused killerLondon Free Press
DNA links accused to 1983 murder sceneCANOE
Chewing gum DNA resurfaces in murder trialSarnia Observer

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Ky high court to take up DNA testing case
FOX19
(AP) – The Kentucky Supreme Court has taken up a request for DNA testing law brought by two men convicted in a Satanic ritual slaying of a woman in 1992. The high court on Thursday said it would hear an appeal from 42-year-old Garr Keith Hardin and …

Crime victim's families want closure, rally for DNA testing monies
Examiner.com
Until your family has suffered the loss of a loved one due to a violent crime–and been denied justice due to a city's lack of DNA funding for testing purposes–it might be hard to understand the important difference it can make.

Salimetrics Unveils New Website
Houston Chronicle
… information that will help researchers plan and coordinate their research projects: Tests & Services – Menus of analyte tests available in saliva (human & animal) or serum/plasma samples, along with a link to the Salivary DNA Testing Services.

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Abbott Collaborates with Leading U.S. Forensics Center on Human Identification …
MarketWatch (press release)
Mitochondrial DNA is directly inherited by children from their mothers and is present at hundreds or thousands of copies per cell. In forensics, mtDNA testing often is the only suitable method for analyzing highly degraded samples.

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NY law enforcers push for expanded DNA database
Wall Street Journal
The state currently limits DNA testing to certain felony and misdemeanor convictions, meaning about 48 percent of criminals are required to give samples. Pending legislation would expand the law to cover all remaining criminal misdemeanors, …
Officials support DNA databank proposalWIVB

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NY law enforcers push for expanded DNA database
Wall Street Journal
The state currently limits DNA testing to certain felony and misdemeanor convictions, meaning about 48 percent of criminals give samples. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing to expand that to cover all remaining criminal misdemeanors and felonies.

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Early prenatal test raises ethical questions
CBS News
The new test, called the MaterniT21, can be administered at just 10 weeks and is nearly 100 percent accurate. The test works by analyzing the mother's blood and counts fragments from the fetus's DNA to identify the presence of an extra chromosome, …
Eugenics, American StyleSlate Magazine

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Chewing gum DNA resurfaces in murder trial
Petrolia Topic
Jurors heard DNA collected from garbage in front of the accused man's home in 2001 is very likely a match with crime scene samples, according to DNA testing by the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto. Last week, jurors heard DNA from gum in the …

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DNA matches suspect with '74 Fitchburg slaying
Worcester Telegram
Calin L. Drugan, a chemist and DNA analyst at the state police crime lab, testified at Mr. Dame's trial that genetic testing she conducted in 2007 showed Mr. Dame's DNA profile matched a profile derived from material removed from beneath the …

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Live5News.com | Charleston, SC | News, Weather, SportsGoose Creek cops use …
Live 5 News
The DNA is a person's blueprint and is unique to that individual. "(In this case) it matched our suspect here perfectly," Soderberg said. Fingerprints are also unique to us. Before DNA testing, police were frustrated when prints were smeared, …

Impact of Advances in DNA Sequencing Technology on Genetic Diagnostic Testing
Patent Docs
Under these circumstances, much of the current patent protection (and the IP protection model underlying it) for genetic diagnostic testing may become obsolete. First, determination of an entire sequence does not per se infringe gene-specific DNA or …

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DNA Test Deadline Nears For Texas Dads
CBS Local
COM) – DNA testing has helped to exonerate wrongfully convicted prisoners. Now, it's helping to release men from having to pay child support for children they don't believe are theirs. But there is a deadline looming to file. Trey Andrews, from Wylie, …

Death row inmate freed by DNA test plans to talk here
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
In 1992, Centurion Ministries — which assists those who may have been wrongly convicted — helped him obtain court-ordered DNA testing. It showed he couldn't have committed the crime. He was released in 1993 and pardoned in 1994.

Patient advocates test law on human gene patents
Sydney Morning Herald
The Federal Court has been asked for the first time to decide if patents granted over segments of human DNA are valid. The US biotech company Myriad Genetics and the exclusive Australian licensee, Genetic Technologies, have a monopoly right to control …
Court to consider gene patentThe Age

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