Test snares rapists without sperm
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A new DNA test will help UK police solve sexual assault cases when there are no sperm traces, scientists say.
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Lawyers for three Duke lacrosse players charged with rape will ask for paternity testing to determine if any of their clients fathered the accuser's child &#151; a prospect the attorneys dismissed Friday as an "absolute impossibility."
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A new non-invasive test that examines fetal DNA can pick up genetic abnormalities such as Down's syndrome, researchers said on Friday.
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Up until now, the world of male contraception has been limited to condoms and vasectomies. But researchers now point to a new method that shows promise â- shot that
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A new at-home screening test, called Fertell, lets couples find out if they have fertility problems without stepping into a doctorâs office.
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EDMONTON (CP) - Tests on a teen prisoner who clashed with guards before falling to his death found no trace of the drugs needed to control his behaviour, an expert said Wednesday.
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DNA taken from a child rape victim cleared a 23-year-old man charged in the case, prompting prosecutors to ask Wednesday for the charges to be dismissed.
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NEW YORK  - There is global dissemination of a type of gonorrhea that lacks an enzyme used by many commercial kits to confirm a diagnosis of infection, investigators report.
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UGANDA has been plunged into a condom crisis. Government withdrew Engabu condoms that had holes and a bad smell. Now every batch of condoms has to be tested on arrival into Uganda before it is approved.
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A DNA match, the investigative break that has solved countless cases, gave Montgomery County detectives the evidence they needed last year to charge a convicted felon with raping a woman in 1993.
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Research into a chemical found in the immune sytem shows that male infertility could one day be an easy home diagnosis
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Immunising male monkeys with a protein found in the testes made them infertile, researchers find.
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A man who served nearly 22 years in prison for two rapes he did not commit has been released from prison based on new testing of DNA evidence.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Convicted sex offenders in Sweden are free to read pornography in their cells following a court ruling that has angered the prison service.
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If it weren't for DNA testing, Willie "Pete" Williams would still be rotting away in a Georgia prison. Instead, he was released after serving nearly 22 years for a rape he didn't commit. The Innocence Project works to free others who are wrongfully jailed in American prisons.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Britain's "Frisky Fifties" have swapped the boardroom for the bedroom but one in 10 could be putting themselves at risk of infection by having sex without a contraceptive, a survey showed on Thursday.
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First patients to take trial living without medication.