DNA fingerprinting, also called DNA profiling, applies a test to determine the unique DNA sequence that each person has for the purpose of identification. In the 1930s, police detectives found each person has different patterns on the tips of the...

DNA fingerprinting is the overall term applied to a range of techniques that are used to show similarities or dissimilarites between the DNA present in different individuals of the same or different species. The DNA fingerprinting technique was...

Fingerprints are unique to each individual. Methods of recording and matching fingerprints have allowed police to correctly identify many criminals. Genetic scientists have recently developed another tool for identification based on the uniqueness of...

DNA fingerprinting is the overall term applied to a range of techniques that are used to show dissimilarites between the DNA present in different individuals of the same or different species. DNA fingerprinting requires DNA to be broken down, or...

Genetic fingerprinting (also called DNA testing, DNA typing, or DNA profiling) is a technique used to distinguish between individuals of the same species using only samples of their DNA. Its invention by Dr. Alec Jeffreys at the University of Leicester...

A seasoning made with imported Chinese ingredients used on recalled snack foods was contaminated with salmonella, a company official said Tuesday. The snack foods sickened dozens of people.The seasoning, used on both Super Veggie Tings Crunchy Corn Sticks and Veggie Booty snack foods, tested positive...

A seasoning made with imported Chinese ingredients used on recalled snack foods was contaminated with salmonella, a company official said Tuesday. The snack foods sickened dozens of people.The seasoning, used on both Super Veggie Tings Crunchy Corn Sticks and Veggie Booty snack foods, tested positive...

Federal health officials said Tuesday they are investigating dozens of blood infections in at least two states that have been linked to medical syringes contaminated with bacteria.About 40 people have been sickened in Illinois and Texas, including 20 outpatients from Rush University Medical Center in...

American scientists who discovered an enzyme that broke new ground in research on cancer and aging are among potential candidates for the Nobel Prize in medicine, the first of six prestigious awards to be announced by the Nobel committees.Another possible winner of Monday's $1.54 million...

DNA fingerprinting has revolutionized paternal and maternal disputes, forensic medicine, and the identification of victims, perpetrators, and the links between them. The following analysis of these areas includes two examples of cases that were based mainly on DNA fingerprinting, as well as controversial issues related to the procedure itself.

Lists arguments for and against DNA testing.