The court set aside the conviction of Kattavellai, finding that the prosecution’s case, which was anchored almost entirely on DNA evidence, was marred by serious procedural deficiencies ...

Given the variety of statutes across foreign jurisdictions, grounds for compensations/procedures vary. It is for the ...

The Supreme Court acquitted a man previously sentenced to death for a 2011 double murder in Kerala, citing a flawed ...

Penn Medicine researchers have identified genetic conditions in a large percent of adults admitted to the intensive care unit ...

Noninvasive prenatal testing is a specific type of panel test based on circulating cell-free DNA. Our results provide insights into genetic testing markets, test usage, and related health policies.

The recommended age to start screening for colorectal cancer was lowered in 2021 from 50 to 45 for people of average risk.

Free-floating DNA carrying cancerous mutations was detected in blood three years before any other signs of cancer appeared. If approved as a test, doctors might detect cancers sooner and treat them ...

Gutierrez filed a §1983 lawsuit in federal court against Luis Saenz, the district attorney who has custody of the untested evidence. Gutierrez argued that Texas’ state post-conviction DNA testing ...

A hearing regarding new DNA testing of items from the West Memphis Three case has been moved to Aug. 1.

A Texas death row inmate has standing to bring a §1983 due process claim challenging the state’s postconviction DNA testing procedures, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 in reversing a decision ...

U.S. Supreme Court allows Ruben Gutierrez to sue Texas over DNA testing procedures in death penalty case, potentially proving wrongful conviction.