Step into any laboratory that works with DNA, such as one creating genetic medicines, and there’s a good chance that you’ll find flasks filled with bacterial broths swirling away in oven-like ...

The technique can predict a person’s ancestry and physical traits without the need for a match with an existing sample in a database. By Oscar Schwartz MELBOURNE, Australia — When a man washed up on ...

Molecular cloning relies on two key components to construct recombinant DNA: 1) a DNA vector and 2) one or more DNA fragments containing the gene(s) of interest (GOI). To produce a GOI fragment, DNA ...

Jodie Ward is also employed by the Australian Federal Police as the Program Lead of the National DNA Program for Unidentified and Missing Persons. She was involved in applying forensic investigative ...