No drug tests have been carried out on Scottish footballers this season while English clubs have carried out regular screening, a report has revealed. Over the last 18 months, just 28 drug tests have been carried out on players at football clubs in Scotland, according to the Evening Times. In contrast, the Football Association (FA) […]
DNA samples from relatives are being used to identify victims from the war in Bosnia more than 20 years after their deaths. Thousands of people who died during the conflict in the 1990s still remain unidentified, meaning their families have been unable to hold funerals and lay their remains to rest. According to the BBC, […]
DNA testing kits are set to be used by the US army to detect substances used in biological warfare. The US Department of Defense has started trials using portable equipment which can test DNA samples and identify whether they contain one of 10 biological agents. Developed by UK firm Genedrive, the test is said to […]
DNA testing has helped a woman be reunited with her parents – 18 years after she was abducted as a baby. Kamiyah Mobley was taken from the hospital where she was born when she was just eight hours old. She was then brought up by her alleged kidnapper, Gloria Williams, and renamed Alexis Manigo. Alexis […]
DNA tests on clothing could solve a historic Eastern European mystery surrounding paternity. For years people have wondered whether Czechoslovakia’s first ever president Tomas Garrigue Masaryk was actually the illegitimate son of Emperor Franz Joseph, who ruled the Austro-Hungarian empire until his death in 1916. Masaryk’s mother Theresia Kropaczek was a cook at the Habsburg’s […]
Postmen are delivering illegal drugs around the UK without knowing, an investigation has found. Drug users are buying substances over the dark web, which are then being delivered to them by the postal service. It is against Royal Mail’s rules to send controlled drugs by post but it is claimed that many items make it […]
DNA tests on a mysterious hand found in Peru have revealed it does not belong to any known species. Alien hunters believe the body part could belong to an extra-terrestrial lifeform as it does not appear to be from a human or animal. It was found by a group as they explored tunnels and caves […]
The first baby with DNA from three parents could be born in Britain next year as the procedure has been given approval. Last week the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) decided it would allow fertility clinics in the UK to apply for permission to offer mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) – a treatment designed to […]
