New technology could speed up the authentication and tracking of cotton from field to rack. Applied DNA Science, Inc. (APDN), a provider of botanical DNA-based security solutions and services, ...

GREAT FALLS- This week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection started a new small-scale pilot program where agents collect DNA samples from certain people who are already in custody. Under the 90-day ...

Ever since an at-home DNA test revealed a Nigerian ancestry, life-long Evanston resident Tina Penick has reflected on what might have been. “What if we lived in Nigeria? What would that look like?” ...

A program aimed at helping Black residents trace their ancestry, and in some cases, reconnect with living relatives in Africa, is expanding across the state of Illinois. The Illinois Family Roots ...

A new statewide program is giving sexual assault survivors the ability to collect and test DNA evidence without having to file a police report, according to a press release from the Texas Department ...

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials on Thursday outlined the agency’s role in a nationwide DNA sampling program and explained how the agency will adhere to ...

FROM STATE POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP. IF YOU SEE FLASHING LIGHTS BEHIND YOU AND YOU’RE PULLED OVER BY A PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE VEHICLE, YOU MIGHT EXPECT THAT THAT INTERACTION WILL ...

Many Black people in the U.S. cannot trace their ancestry because earlier generations of their family were enslaved. But an Illinois program is changing what’s possible and connecting long-lost family ...

Last year, during the Global Synthetic Biology (SynBioBeta) conference, Ansa Biotechnologies’ CEO Jason Gammack introduced attendees to the company’s first product—600 bp synthetic DNA constructs.

The Illinois Family Roots Pilot program is expanding across the state after launching in June with 250 kits. A program aimed at helping Black residents trace their ancestry, and in some cases, ...