People charged with a violent crime or an attempt to commit one in Maryland must submit a DNA sample to a state database before conviction. The change follows debate over whether the expansion risks ...

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mawi DNA Technologies (Mawi DNA), a biotechnology company focusing on the development and design of innovative technologies for biosampling, announces that the U.S ...

The government plans to begin collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested by a federal law enforcement agency, a move intended to prevent violent crime but which also is raising concerns about privacy ...

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) uses better data to help determine its compliance with DNA collection requirements. Federal law ...

MAUI COUNTY, Hawaii (KITV4) -- Officials are warning Maui County residents about an uptick in scams targeting DNA sample collection in the aftermath of the devastating Lahaina fire disaster. Emergency ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — The public collection ...

(The Center Square) - Since the advent of DNA testing, law enforcement agencies have been able to prosecute crimes - and exonerate the wrongly convicted - with greater certainty than ever before.

The Lehigh Valley based OraSure Technologies, Inc. announced Monday their intention to acquire a privately-held biological sample collection company. OraSure, a Bethlehem based company that creates ...