New York (CNN) — At the heart of the case against the man accused of the Gilgo Beach killings is DNA evidence — but the novel way that evidence was tested may now determine whether prosecutors can use ...

Heuermann’s defense team challenged the evidence since it was obtained using “whole genome sequencing,” a new DNA technology that had never been used in a New York court. But prosecutors successfully ...

While DNA barcoding methods are an increasingly important tool in biological conservation, the resource requirements of constructing reference libraries frequently reduce their efficacy. One efficient ...

Labelling of nucleic acid amplicons during polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or isothermal techniques is possible by using both labelled primers and labelled nucleotides. While the former is the widely ...

Researchers have developed BayesCNA, a new method that detects cancer DNA at just 5% in blood samples, potentially improving ...

Rex Heuermann, the Long Island architect accused of being the Gilgo Beach serial killer, faced a crucial court hearing on the admissibility of new DNA evidence that could play a decisive role in his ...