DNA Testing Shows Infected Deer Came From North
WJFW-TV
MADISON – The Department of Natural Resources says tests show a deer that tested positive for chronic wasting disease in northwestern Wisconsin did not come from an area where the disease is currently found. The DNR says a lymph node from the three …

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New blood DNA evidence wins man new trial in Monroe murder
Pocono Record
This time, the appeal, which was granted last month, turned on DNA testing that shows some of the blood found in connection with the slaying is definitely not his. Now, the defense for Gary Gerber Jr., 39, is asking a judge to order prosecutors to …

Remains of Marine who disappeared in 1944 return to US
Los Angeles Times
DNA testing of his niece and nephew prove the remains are his. The remains are to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery this year. Mellissia Christensen cries during a ceremony for her uncle, 1st Lt. Laverne A. Lallathin, whose remains were recently …

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DNA testing offers couples 'truth' about infidelity
WDIV Detroit
Seven years ago, Raquel Mandel got into the DNA business when she launched "All About Truth," a DNA testing service. "We can perform DNA detection, blood detection, saliva detections," she said. Mandel can use DNA to help children find their fathers …
Busting Cheaters Through DNAKSEE
Think he/she is cheating? Get a DNA testWOAI

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In Brief: DNA testing for prostate cancer
Herald.ie
A BLOOD test for missing or duplicated DNA could provide a way of predicting relapsing prostate cancer, research has shown. Scientists found that genetic abnormalities called copy number variations (CNVs) correlated with recurring cancers.
Blood test for missing or damaged DNA could provide hint of a prostate cancer …Daily Mail

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Ariosa Diagnostics Announces Nationwide Launch of the Harmony(TM) Prenatal …
MarketWatch (press release)
Harmony represents an innovative non-invasive test for detection of common fetal trisomies utilizing a directed approach to analyze cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in maternal blood. The Harmony Prenatal Test is currently available in selected locations and will …

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Busting Cheaters Through DNA
KSEE
By Justin Finch Business is booming for Raquel Mandel, owner and founder of All About Truth DNA Services. Seven years ago, she launched her DNA testing business which provides a variety of services, ranging from paternity testing to DNA immigration …
Think he/she is cheating? Get a DNA testWOAI

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CSI: Santa Barbara County
Santa Maria Times
Investigators rapidly complete a series of DNA tests and interviews to conclude within days that a mother poisoned her toddler son four years ago. Police use soil probes to find a disturbance in the ground at the mother's house, and collect samples of …

DNA testing: Why not just trash the Fourth Amendment?
Baltimore Sun
I found Dan Rodricks' commentary regarding DNA testing and the recent Maryland Court of Appeals ruling ("DNA: Why wait for an arrest?" May 3) to be quite interesting. He states at the end that he can't think of a good argument against his position that …

Teen's DNA not found at scene
Chicago Tribune
STOCKTON — The DNA of a teenager accused of burglarizing and brutally raping an elderly woman in her retirement home was not found during the state Department of Justice's testing of evidence. Kunta Shaquille Ali Rigmaden, 17, is being charged as an …

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Proposed legislation would fund rape kit testing
San Antonio Express
By Craig Kapitan Upward of 400000 DNA swabs from alleged rape victims have never been tested and entered into the national DNA database, US Sen. John Cornyn said last week. The proposed Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry Act would help to fund …
Bill will decrease backlog of untested rape kitsKFDA

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Virginia's DNA testing law could be overturned
WTVR
(WTVR) – A Virginia law, that allows police to collect your DNA if you are arrested for a violent crime, could be overturned. A Court of Appeals in Maryland has just declared a similar law unconstitutional because judges say it violates a person's 4th …

DNA testing a booming business
WCSH-TV
MIAMI, FL (WTVJ) – Business is booming for Raquel Mandel, owner and founder of All About Truth DNA Services. Seven years ago, she launched her DNA testing business which provides a variety of services, ranging from paternity testing to DNA immigration …
Think he/she is cheating? Get a DNA testWOAI

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DNA testing for cheating spouses?
WPSD Local 6
MIAMI (NBC) – Business is booming for Raquel Mandel, owner and founder of All About Truth DNA Services. Seven years ago, she launched her DNA testing business which provides a variety of services, ranging from paternity testing to DNA immigration …
Infidelity is Big Business for DNA TestersIndiana’s NewsCenter

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Texas Lawman to High Court: DNA Testing "Frivolous" in Death Penalty Case
Huffington Post
Shifting gears, they argued that Skinner had waived his right to the tests when he didn't request them before his trial. Then Gov. Rick Perry signed legislation that ensured post-conviction DNA testing in cases like Skinner's.

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Genevolve to Launch Military Grade DNA Test for Color Blindness
San Antonio Express
The breakthrough genetic test designed to meet FAA and US Air Force requirements is set for release at the Aerospace Medical Association in May. Genevolve Vision Diagnostics is launching its military grade genetic test for all major forms of congenital …

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DNA testing leads to burglary arrests
Culpeper Star Exponent
DNA testing of evidence collected at the scene of a gas station burglary last year helped Culpeper police charge the two men. Buckner and Smith allegedly broke into the garage area of the C&C Shell service station on either late Sept.
DNA Testing Leads to Culpeper Burglary ArrestsNBC 29 News

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Ancestry.com launches DNA service
StandardNet
By Contributed PROVO — Ancestry.com has launched AncestryDNA, a new affordable DNA test that enables purchasers of the DNA test and subscribers of Ancestry.com to combine new state-of-the-art DNA science with the world's largest online family history …
Ancestry.com Launches New AncestryDNA Service: The Next Generation of DNA …MarketWatch (press release)

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Texas grilled over Death Row inmate's decade-long push for DNA testing
Fort Worth Star Telegram
His appeals lawyer, Rob Owen, co-director of the University of Texas at Austin's Capital Punishment Clinic, told the court that if DNA testing on all the evidence points to an individual who is not Skinner, then it could create reasonable doubt about …
Judges Question State's Efforts to Stymie DNA TestsTexas Tribune
CCA Considers Hank Skinner's Death Case DNA Appeal: Should never-before …Austin Chronicle (blog)

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Mixed Roots Foundation Announces First-Ever Global Adoptee Genealogy Project …
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Mixed Roots Foundation has partnered with two DNA testing companies, 23andMe and Family Tree DNA that will help adoptees and their families discover their biological and cultural roots through DNA testing San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 02, …

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Last-minute reprieve stands for now for Texas man set to be executed in …
Washington Post
They want the evidence tested for DNA. A federal judge in San Antonio, acting on the lawsuit, gave Bartee the reprieve. Prosecutors immediately appealed to get it overturned, calling the lower court's reprieve improper and arguing that letting it stand …
Texas to kill man convicted in chopper-theft deathCBS News
Texas man's execution stopped at least temporarilyFox News
Convicted Texas killer gets stay of executionChicago Tribune

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Va. attorney general backs writ of innocence for Barbour
WSLS
DNA testing in 2010 failed to identify Barbour's DNA in semen and other evidence left at the scene of the attack on the then-19-year-old victim in her fiancé's off-campus apartment. The DNA testing implicates James Moses Glass Jr., a convicted rapist …

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Council considers using DNA testing to stop dog fouling
BBC News
A council in Northern Ireland is to investigate the possibility of introducing DNA testing to tackle the problem of dog fouling on its streets. North Down council has agreed to the plan which was suggested by Alliance councillor Anne Wilson.

Top Criminal Court to Hear Hank Skinner's DNA Plea
Texas Tribune
by Brandi Grissom Death row inmate Hank Skinner's decade-long fight for DNA testing, which he hopes will prove his innocence in a grisly West Texas triple murder, will take center stage this morning in the state's highest criminal court.

Consortium outlines challenges, potential for genomics
CattleNetwork.com
Applying genomic information or DNA testing to cattle selection is the latest in a long line of methods producers have used to improve the genetic features of livestock over centuries of production. And while the technology already has some practical …

More than Half of Seafood in Los Angeles Mislabeled
WebWire (press release)
EMSL Analytical provides food authenticity testing to confirm food products are what they claim to be. Last month, the Los Angeles Times published the report, “Seafood in LA frequently mislabeled, group says.” In the article DNA testing was conducted …

DNA Testing of Juvenile Offenders Challenged
Arizona Public Media
By AP The Arizona Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday on the constitutionality of a 2009 state law requiring pretrial DNA testing of juveniles accused of sex crimes and certain other offenses. At issue is whether the testing is an unconstitutional …
Prosecutors want Supreme Court to review Md. DNA rulingWTOP

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Moos your daddy?
CMAJ
“It's like the human model of paternity testing, but for dogs,” says Randall Smith, account manager of the veterinary division of DNA Diagnostics Center in Fairfield, Ohio. “It's very important to breeders that they keep their pedigrees intact.

Interleukin Genetics Launches iPhone(R) and iPad(R) App for Its Inherent …
MarketWatch (press release)
Interleukin Genetics is headquartered in Waltham, MA and operates an on-site, state-of-the-art DNA testing laboratory certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). For more information please visit www.ilgenetics.com .

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DNA Clears 2 Men In 30 Year Old Rape And Shooting Case
KRIS Corpus Christi News
DALLAS (AP) – Two men will be formally exonerated of a nearly 30-year-old rape and shooting after DNA tests in Dallas County implicated others in the attack. James Curtis Williams and Raymond Jackson are expected to be declared innocent of aggravated …
2 men exonerated in Dallas rape, shootingHouston Chronicle
2 men to be exonerated in Dallas rape, shootingAustin American-Statesman
Innocent, After 28 Years in Prison, DA SaysCourthouse News Service

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BRLI Announces InCellDx Investment and Launch of GenCerv Test Through its …
MarketWatch (press release)
"95% of women who test positive for high-risk HPV do not progress to cervical cancer. We believe the GenCerv test will help physicians identify the subset of HPV DNA positive patients that progress to cervical cancer," said Bruce Patterson, MD, …

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It's time for standarized testing in area schools
TriCities.com
For more than a decade now, the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act have become a part of the DNA of public schools. Students are tested in math, reading, science and social studies. The scores are used to evaluate teachers' performance and …

Neogen develops fastest method to detect pathogen DNA in food & environmental …
pharmabiz.com
Neogen Corporation has developed the quickest and easiest test system to definitively detect pathogen DNA in food and environmental samples. Neogen's revolutionary ANSR for Salmonella is the first pathogen test available for the system, …

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New Advanced Lens Technology with Postoperative LASIK Enhancement Has Cataract …
PR Web (press release)
At Burgess and Mason Cosmetic and Family Dentistry, Drs. Jerry Burgess, DDS and Scott Mason, DDS now provide oral DNA screenings to test for both the cause of and genetic risk factors for periodontal diseases. Genetic testing helps us address …

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DNA clears men of '80s Dallas rape conviction
San Antonio Express
AP DALLAS — Two men convicted of raping a woman outside a Dallas bar almost 30 years ago will be declared innocent after DNA testing implicated two other men in the attack, authorities said Friday. James Curtis Williams and Raymond Jackson received …

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