Animal DNA Becoming Crucial CSI Clue
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Animal DNA is being used as hard evidence in a growing number of "CSI"-type cases to catch criminals of all stripes, from killers to cattle rustlers.
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Scientists have discovered that dogs can sniff out cancer and even detect unconfirmed cases, resolving several years of anecdote and speculation by doctors on the question.
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To help shoppers avoid mislabeled toxic pufferfish and pilots steer clear of birds, federal agencies are starting to tap into an ambitious project that is gathering DNA "barcodes" for the Earth's 1.8 million known species.
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In the search for a missing evolutionary link to modern whales, scientists have come up with an unlikely land cousin -- a raccoon-sized creature with the body of a small deer.
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The latest creature to have its DNA fully decoded is the chicken. Scientists from 49 countries announce the completion of the International Chicken Genome Sequencing Project today in the science journal Nature.
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A DNA link is found in the unsolved murders of two young women more than 30 years ago.
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Like the other CSI's, "CSI: NY" is a man's show, with high-tech sleuthing, nifty laboratory gear and microscopic close-ups of DNA strands.
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Researchers say a new programme could help create a DNA database of all life on Earth, ever.
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German scientists are using a new computational method to analyze DNA taken from microorganisms that make up more than a third of the Earth's biomass.
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A database of badger DNA is being created to help catch people who illegally bait the animals and dig their setts.
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Authorities working to protect eiephants from poachers get a big boost from the DNA analysis of ivory, enabling them to zero in on where specific animals were killed. By the Associated Press.
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DNAboost to cold cases The Forensic Science Service (FSS) is piloting a DNA technique it says could lead to countless unsolved criminal investigations being reopened.â¦
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Police said Wednesday their probe of a pig farm belonging to accused serial killer Robert Pickton has turned up 30 separate DNA samples.
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Dogs have earned a new claim to the title of man&#39;s best friend following the discovery by scientists that they can sniff out cancer and even detect unconfirmed cases.
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It has long been suspected that man&#39;s best friend has a special ability to sense when something is wrong with us. Now the first experiment to verify that scientifically has demonstrated that dogs are able to smell cancer.
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The complex science of DNA analysis is now helping protect elephants by showing police and conservationists the source of black-market ivory.
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A new way to use DNA sequencers could be the biggest thing to hit science since the microscope.