Drug testing takes new path
Westfair Online
It provides drug and alcohol testing, breath alcohol and DNA testing, as well as background checks and related services for corporations, the government and schools. “The first thing we do is talk to the client,” he said. “'What kind of business do you …

From death row to freedom
Cape Gazette
He's also the first death-row inmate in the United States to be exonerated post-conviction by DNA testing. Although commonplace now, at the time of his trial, advanced DNA testing was not a common investigative technique. A tiny semen spot left by a …

DNA test links accused killer
Edmonton Sun
Court also heard other expert testimony explaining that there was no DNA testing available in 1981 and the first generation of DNA testing available in 1994 did not produce any results from the homicide evidence. Second generation DNA testing done in …
Murder case had to wait for DNA science to advance, court hearsEdmonton Journal
Man, 52, pleads not guilty in decades-old Edmonton slayingCalgary Herald

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New blood test for pregnant women shows if baby has down syndrome
WLBZ-TV
On the same day of her ultrasound, Jen took a blood test that looks at the baby's DNA. The New Harmony Prenatal test was developed at Ariosa Diagnostics. "This test can be done at any time point after ten weeks of pregnancy.

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Prosecution rests in Corasanti trial
WIVB
A DNA expert testified about crucial evidence in the case. Jodi Luedemann, a forensic biologist and DNA expert, said that she did extensive DNA testing on a rag Dr. James Corasanti is accused of wiping blood off his car with. She said she couldn't find …
Prosecution Has Wrapped Up In Corasanti TrialWKBW-TV

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WAR OF 1812: Blood ties
Hamilton Spectator
She is one of several descendants who will take part in the DNA testing. Simons fathered five daughters. And today there are dozens of direct descendants still living. The Burlington resident says she knew about Simons' exploits from an early age …

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[VIDEO] Santa Fe Police: DNA testing leads to arrest of 'prolific' burglar
Santa Fe New Mexican.com
Follow him on Twitter @nicoroesler Santa Fe police on Wednesday said DNA testing led to the arrest of a suspected "prolific" burglar who left bloodstains on a car he is accused of burglarizing in 2011 and in a storage trailer he is accused of …

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DNA technology is superfine
Weekly Times Now
"DNA tests can now be used to produce predictive research breeding values, which are based on a blend of new genomic technology and the conventional measurement techniques, which support Australian sheep breeding values," Prof Rowe said.

Genetic Test May Spot Raised Autism Risk
Doctors Lounge
By Barbara Bronson Gray WEDNESDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) — Researchers report that a new DNA test may be able to spot an increased risk of autism in children as young as 6 months old. The genetic screen, called ARISk, is designed for babies and …

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Home DNA kits — to test or not to test?
Marketplace.org
These days, home DNA tests are being used for far more than finding clues about Grandpa Joe or Great-Great Grandpa Isadore. There are groups that offer to find your perfect dating match based on DNA, and kits you can use to test for potential future …

USCIS may require mother/child DNA test
New York Daily News
John and Rosy Harris, Bayside, Queens A. You may need to provide USCIS with a DNA test to prove that Mary is your wife's biological daughter. The test is expensive and inconvenient but it is 99.5% accurate. If the test proves that Mary is Rosy's …

Kris Jenner makes headlines for urging Khloe to undergo DNA testing
CollegeNews
Kris Jenner is reportedly pushing her famous daughter Khloe Kardashian-Odom to undergo a DNA test to determine her paternal father as the affair occurred at the time of Kris' pregnancy with Khloe. Kris Jenner confronted Khloe about the DNA test on her …
Top 5 Funniest Quotes from Khloe & Lamar Season 2, Episode 12: “The Truth Will …Wetpaint

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Autosomal DNA Testing – Can it Really Predict Our Ancestors?
About – News & Issues
By Kimberly Powell, About.com GuideMay 15, 2012 One of the coolest genetic tools in the genealogist's toolbox (especially for those of us of the female persuasion without Y-DNA) is the relatively new autosomal DNA test. This month Ancestry.com entered …
AncestryDNA finding hidden ancestryDaily Herald

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Should I do a paternity test?
Jamaica Gleaner
Their mother has, however, given me reasons in the past to believe they are not mine, and while I cannot live with that being true, I know if I get married to my fiancée a DNA test will be required. My question is, would you recommend me doing that …

Morton case heats up Wilco DA race
Austin News
Morton was wrongfully convicted of his wife's 1986 murder and recently set free after nearly 25 years thanks to DNA testing. Bradley did not try that case, but he fought the testing for six years. “Mr. Bradley fought tooth and nail against testing some …
Ultimately, truth is more important than electionAustin American-Statesman

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Curetis Wins CE Mark for POC Diagnostic Platform, Pneumonia Test Cartridge
Genetic Engineering News
The automated assay is designed to simultaneously test for 39 DNA targets from a range of pneumonia-causing bacteria and determine antibiotic resistance. The Unyvero system allows the fully automated DNA-based testing of any clinically relevant samples …

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Submit DNA sample “gracefully” or force will be used, HC tells ND Tiwari
Tehelka
The Delhi High Court on Monday 14 May, ordered senior politician and former Andhra Pradesh governor ND Tiwari to either “gracefully appear” for a DNA test or be forced to take the test by the Delhi Police in the paternity test case filed by Rohit …
In the name of the father, son and the DNA testBikya Masr

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College or Funeral Is Mother's Wish Denied on DNA Results
BusinessWeek
Grondahl is one of thousands of people in the US who have undergone DNA testing for research purposes and aren't receiving the results, even when the information has life-or-death consequences. That's prompting a burgeoning ethical debate that has led …
Utah Mother Gets No Answer About Baby's DNA FateCapital.gr (press release)

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Inmates challenge Kentucky's laws for post-conviction DNA testing
The Courier-Journal
The law says: "At any time, a person who was convicted of and sentenced to death for a capital offense … may request DNA testing. A judge must order the testing if a reasonable probability exists that the petitioner would not have been prosecuted or …

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Paternity test throws doubt into highly-publicized 'marriage fraud' deportation
Ottawa Citizen
But paternity tests may now show that the so-called fraudster was in fact not the child's father — and that the alleged cad may have been exiled from his new life without good reason. Eight days before Fodé Mohamed “Akra” Soumah left for his homeland …

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DNA testing: Rodricks' Orwellian vision of the future
Baltimore Sun
Dan Rodricks, whose essays I admire, is entitled to be wrong once in awhile ("DNA: Why wait for an arrest?" May 3). His willingness to subject everyone to DNA testing for use in solving future crimes is a concept very much in tune with George Orwell's …

Killer asks for DNA testing in his case
Altoona Mirror
By Phil Ray (pray@altoonamirror.com) , The Altoona Mirror HOLLIDAYSBURG – William D. Thompson, who is serving consecutive life terms for killing an elderly Altoona couple during a robbery, wants DNA tests performed on two hunting knives found at the …

Decades-old drowning mystery solved by DNA test
ksl.com
DNA testing on a bone that could have even belonged to an ancient inhabitant of the area would have been hugely expensive for his small department, a costly fishing expedition. He then learned that the University of North Texas was offering free DNA …
Skull linked to Utah Scout killed in 1961 floodBoston.com

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Convict's story prompted budget amendment on DNA
Richmond Times Dispatch
Testing failed to find his DNA in old evidence and instead implicated a convicted rapist in the crime. Police and prosecutors had the test results since June 2010, but Barbour, 56, who lives in James City County near Williamsburg, did not find out …
Virginia, responding to public-records request, set to release DNA reportsWinston-Salem Journal
Va. to Release 78 DNA Post-Conviction Test ReportsWHSV

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DNA links skull fragment to Utah Boy Scout killed in 1961 flash flood; teen's …
The Republic
Springdale Police Chief Kurt Wright tells The Spectrum (http://bit.ly/Jj6OAD) on Thursday that DNA testing confirmed the fragment belongs to 17-year-old Alvin Nelson, who went missing while hiking through the Narrows of Zion National Park in September …

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CombiMatrix Corporation Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results
MarketWatch (press release)
IRVINE, Calif., May 11, 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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Severed foot to undergo DNA testing
Springfield News Sun
MIDDLETOWN — The Montgomery County Coroner's office will conduct DNA tests on the severed foot found Monday afternoon by two fishermen on the shore of the Great Miami River just north of Germantown Road. The coroner office's chief investigator Michael …

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Blood-based Prenatal Test Maker Ariosa Diagnostics Gets Boost From Partnership …
Forbes
(Sequenom bills insurance companies $2700 for the MaterniT21 test.) Ariosa, a San Jose, Calif. company formerly known as Aria Diagnostics, spent 18 months developing a test that can be done in a doctor's office or a lab. Using fetal DNA from a draw of …
Harmony Prenatal Test, a New Simpler, Cheaper Screening Tool for Fetal TrisomiesMedgadget.com
Ariosa Diagnostics Announces Nationwide Launch of the Harmony™ Prenatal Test …PR Newswire (press release)

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Prosecutor-led effort frees convicted man
Wall Street Journal
Joffe had convinced the New York-based Innocence Project, a longtime champion of DNA testing to exonerate wrongly convicted inmates, to fund testing of Dewey's shirt. She told the integrity unit the blood was not Taylor's. Selsberg visited Dewey last …
Prosecutor-led effort freed convicted CO manNECN

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Va. DNA testing to be released
Washington Post (blog)
By AP Virginia officials plan to release reports on post-conviction testing that excluded the DNA of 78 people convicted of crime, acccording to a report in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Virginia Department of Forensic Science chief deputy director Gail …
Results of post-conviction DNA testing to be releasedRichmond Times Dispatch
Va. to release 78 DNA post-conviction test reportsThe Virginian-Pilot

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DNA contamination blamed on human error
Channel 4 News
The error occurred at what is described as the most advanced automated DNA testing system in the UK at LGC forensics labs in Teddington. A used plastic sample holder containing up to eight vials of DNA was mistakenly reloaded into the machine by a …

Animal shot in N.B. was a wolf: DNA tests
MetroNews Canada
By Staff By Staff The Canadian Press FREDERICTON – Genetic testing has confirmed that an animal fatally shot last month by a hunter in northern New Brunswick was a wolf. The surprising finding marks the first confirmed wolf sighting in the province in …
Wolf killed in NB 1st in centuryCBC.ca
Genetic testing confirms that animal shot last month in New Brunswick was a wolfWinnipeg Free Press
Wolf found in New Brunswick for first time in 150 years, testing confirmsVancouver Sun
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DNA testing leads to arrest in Wellington rape case
Deseret News
DNA testing by the Utah State Crime Lab "confirmed that Mr. Shaw was the person responsible for the aggravated rape," Barry said in a statement released after Shaw's arrest. The chief said the DNA results could have been come back sooner, but the state …

St. Mary's detective, prosecutor bemoan court ruling on DNA swabs
So Md News
He was convicted of first-degree rape and sentenced to life in prison without parole on his agreement to a statement of facts in the 2003 rape case, which preserved his right to further contest the constitutionality of the DNA test.

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