NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City medical examiner’s office confirmed Friday that it is reviewing hundreds of rape cases for possible errors in DNA analysis. Officials said it appears so far that the ...

Expert in Amanda Knox murder trial said DNA samples may have been contaminated. PERUGIA, Italy, Sept. 26, 2009— -- A DNA expert found fault with the prosecutor's evidence in the Amanda Knox trial ...

Gloria Lofton’s death at her Texas home in 2019 had been a mystery — until a murder suspect allegedly confessed to her killing and others last year. An autopsy in Lofton's death had been inconclusive.

A retrial began Friday in the case of a 2016 Rohnert Park killing that stalled earlier this year after officials discovered a forensic lab had mis-analyzed DNA evidence. Prosecutors say the defendant, ...

Every living cell must interpret its genetic code - a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions. A new study by researchers from the Center for Theoretical Biological ...

Cancer researchers at the University of Chicago and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have discovered that mutations in certain genes can lead to the accumulation of DNA errors, ...

LONDON (AP) – Britain’s forensics watchdog says an innocent man spent months in jail on a rape charge because of a DNA technician’s “avoidable” mistake. Adam Scott was arrested after a plastic tray ...

New research has shown that immunotherapy can be effective in treating prostate cancer in men who are selected based on the genetic characteristics of their tumors. In a recent study conducted at ...

DENVER — A man jailed since early December as a suspect in a sexual assault case has been released after Denver police say his DNA was improperly identified by a lab technician. Police say the man, ...