DNA solves 1991 yogurt shop murders in Austin
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BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD – More than four decades after 59-year-old Samuel Allen was fatally shot in his Liberty Road home, Baltimore County detectives have identified a suspect in the long-unsolved homicide thanks to a breakthrough in DNA technology.
With help from forensic DNA technology in partnership with Othram Inc. and the FBI's Sacramento genealogy team, a breakthrough finally came. The Sheriff's Office said a DNA comparison with a possible relative confirmed the victim as Danny Joe Jentzen, born July 8, 1954, from Flint, Michigan.
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Judge allows cutting-edge DNA technology in case against suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer
Evidence derived from cutting-edge DNA technology that prosecutors say points directly at Rex Heuermann being the Gilgo Beach serial killer will be admissible at his trial, a Suffolk County judge ruled Wednesday.
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Bridge recombinases, optimized for human cells, enable massive programmable DNA rearrangements
For decades, gene-editing science has been limited to making small, precise edits to human DNA, akin to correcting typos in the genetic code. Arc Institute researchers are changing that paradigm with a universal gene editing system that allows for cutting and pasting of entire genomic paragraphs,