New miniaturised chip dramatically reduces time taken for DNA analysis
...n be applied to many different tasks, ranging from paternity tests and identifying people to detecting genetically modified food, identifying bacterial strains in foodborne illnesses and testing genetic toxicity in new drugs. Once mass production of the sensors begins, their cost and availability will be simil...New DNA 'fingerprinting' technique separates hemp from marijuana
...epeats," which are used to identify individuals in paternity and criminal cases, lack the power to distinguish Cannabis cultivars unequivocally. In tests with three different cultivars of hemp and one of marijuana, the DNA fingerprints of all the cultivars were distinct and nonoverlapping. Weiblen and Shann...... differs across cultures and to what extent men's paternity assessments reflect actual biological paternity. ... not believe to be theirs." Anderson compared the paternity test results for men with high paternity confidence to the results for men with low paternity confid...Researchers find that bumblebees' flower choice matters
..." Karron says. Who's your daddy? Calculating paternity could be a nightmare. Because pollen from multiple monkey flower plants can be deposited during a single bee visit, seeds produced by one flower can be "sired" by pollen from up to nine different plants. So Karron uses genetic markers to unambiguo...Female pronghorns choose mate based on substance as well as show
...onghorn individuals in the population and assigned paternity to the offspring. "The females' mate sampling creates a small group of males that each year sire more than one-half of all young," said Byers, who is currently serving as a program officer in NSF's biological sciences directorate. "These are the ma...Fully automated DNA purification and efficient multiplex PCR for analysis of microsatellite loci
...analysis of STRs are forensics, identity and paternity testing, and genetic-linkage analysis. In such investigations, simultaneous analysis of multiple microsatellite loci by multiplex PCR is highly desirable. Important factors for successful multiplex PCR amplification are the ...The question of who is the actual father
...s been thrown to light with the wide spread use of paternity testing for medical // and legal reasons. A majority of the tests are instigated at the demand of the Child Support Agency to resolve who should be paying child maintenance. Others are done to investigate inherited health disorders and social reaso...Scientists Awarded Appropriately For Contribution Towards Medical Research
...been used in solving criminal cases, settlement of paternity issues and identification of dead bodies of soldiers. Southern, in the mid 1970s, devised a now-standard lab technique that allows scientists to detect specific bits of genetic code within an organism's overall DNA. The technique has now achieved th...Decline in Paternity Rates Following Treatment for Testicular Cancer
...urnal of the National Cancer Institute, shows that paternity rates of testicular cancer patients declined after... Researchers from Norway assessed post-treatment paternity among long-term survivors of testicular cancer whose treatment had followed a modern management appr...Can Men Gauge Biological Paternity Accurately
...s differs across cultures and to what extent men's paternity assessments reflect actual biological paternity is not well known. The author says that paternity confidence has important implications for a man's ...Women Unaware Of Breast Cancer History On Paternal Family Side
...ormation (as opposed to lack of information) about paternity should not affect the maternal– paternal ratio. Writing in the article, John M. Quillin, PhD, suggests, "The most likely explanation for these findings may be under-reporting of breast cancer on the paternal side. Future studies are needed to look ...