Breakthroughs in DNA science help solve a case that remained unsolved for decades, bringing long-awaited answers ...

The next step was to run genetic tests on the children. This was not easy when they had been dead for years. In two cases the DNA had to be extracted from the tiny amounts of blood taken with a heel ...

The newly discovered evidence of Black Africans' descendants living in early Anglo-Saxon era Britain comes from DNA tests ...

Advancements in DNA technology not only identified a Jane Doe in a 1971 unsolved homicide, but investigators also found the ...

The search for parents of three newborn babies, all abandoned after birth, is focused on nearby houses.

A lifesaving DNA test for ­critically ill children with ­unexplained diseases is being rolled out on the NHS. Many genetic illnesses can leave babies disabled if undiagnosed. The new “whole ...

The Government's advisers on genetic testing are to urge ministers to ban DNA screening of children for incurable diseases until they are old enough to understand the implications.

“A DNA blood test can predict obesity levels in children as they grow up, scientists claim,” the Metro reports. The test, which is based on measuring “switches” in DNA, may help identify children who ...

THE DNA profiles of more than 30,000 Essex children are being kept on a police database. Figures released in response to a Freedom of Information request also reveal that 12,345 of those young ...

DNA testing will begin on Monday to identify the bodies of children who died in a fire at a Kenyan boarding school, local authorities have said. At least 21 children, with an average age of nine ...