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Miniature human organs and other tissues are to be grown from NHS patients’ cells in a drive to improve medicine testing and reduce the number of…

“Early detection blood testing” for ovarian cancer “is now available in Australia”, the online ads say, warning that “it’s not just women with a family history”…

Two years ago, Katie White set up Enough, which distributes self-swabbing rape kits. These are DIY kits that people who believe they have been raped or…

The US federal agency responsible for monitoring diseases has temporarily halted certain diagnostic testing, including those for rabies, human herpesvirus and several other infectious illnesses.The Centers…

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A charity has filed a legal challenge over a “chilling” change in the law that restricts protest outside animal testing facilities in England and Wales by…

March 14, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmIdentical twins on trial: can DNA testing tell them apart?In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis…

For four days last August, a thick slick of maroon bruised the waters of the Gulf of Maine. The scene, not unlike a toxic red tide,…

Credit: Denis Charlet/AFP via GettyAn identical twin commits a crime and leaves their DNA at the scene. Can DNA testing reveal which twin is the culprit?This…

You have full access to this article via your institution. The US army regularly performs simulations for dealing with various weapons of mass destruction. This exercise…