Then they label the DNA molecules with a dye and pipette the sample onto the reservoir. Applying an electric field to the paper concentrates the negatively charged DNA in the Nafion-coated region.

The 1987 paper Barkay and her colleagues published in the Journal of Microbiological Methods outlined a method — “Direct Environmental DNA Extraction” — that would allow researchers to ...

Lynch pointed to a 2017 Swedish study that found issues with how crime scene DNA was tested on a Rapid DNA device, including risks of contamination and sample mix-up.

Researchers have turned a longstanding challenge in DNA data storage into a tool, using it to offer users previews of stored data files -- such as thumbnail versions of image files.

Paul Caneiro’s defense team is challenging a DNA tool known as STRmix, which prosecutors say has been tested and tried across the U.S.