LOVED-ONES of a cabbie murdered more than 40 years ago by a fiend dubbed the “Cheese Wire Killer” have ordered a £10,000 reward to help cops solve the case. The cash is being offered to encourage people to come forward who may have DNA that could help identify George Murdoch’s killer. 4 George ‘Dod’ Murdoch … Read more
BRITAIN’S first pet cloning clinic has been launched offering owners the chance to almost bring back their beloved animals. But at £40,000 a pop, getting a copy of your favourite cats and dogs comes at a steep price. 4 Tom Rubython with Mable and Myrtle, cloned from his beloved Cocker Spaniel DaisyCredit: ITV News 4 … Read more
A NOTORIOUS 27-year-old murder mystery has been solved after an Ancestry DNA test resulted in an arrest. TikToker Jenna Rose Gerwatowski, 23, revealed that a DNA test led to her grandmother’s arrest in an open cold case. 5 Jenna Gerwatowski revealed how a simple DNA kit resulted in the arrest of her grandmother after it … Read more
MYSTERY surrounding human remains from the disastrous Franklin expedition in 1845 has been solved, with researchers revealing an unlucky lad was cannibalised. Scientists also identified the sailor, who was eaten after the botched voyage that was dubbed the “lost expedition”. 5 The remains of a man who was cannibalised on the ship were identified as … Read more
A person found dead in an Illinois cornfield in 1991 has been identified as a Chicago-area woman more than a decade after authorities began re-examining the cold case. An investigation relying on a posthumous DNA sample led to the identification of Paula Ann Lundgren last week. Now authorities hope they can piece together more details … Read more
DNA from a fugitive who fled to Scotland matches that collected by cops probing an alleged rape in the US, a court has heard. Nicholas Rossi, 37, was extradited to the States earlier this year to face sex attack charges. 2 A US court has heard of a DNA link between an alleged rape and … Read more
In the first episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, fictional entomologist Gil Grissom arrived at a crime scene and used tweezers to pull a maggot out of a dead body. Within moments, he announced that the age of the maggot indicated that the body had been dead for seven days. The same approach applies in … Read more
New Delhi: A new Artificial Intelligence (AI) model that can accurately predict how different proteins bind to DNA has been developed to help reduce the time required to develop new drugs and other medical treatments, according to a study. The novel technology, developed at the University of Southern California, US is named Deep Predictor of … Read more
BEN Needham’s mother is facing a brutal wait to learn if DNA results will confirm whether a Danish man is her son. Mum Kerry Needham, 51, also shared her pain with Jay Slater’s grieving family after the teen’s body was found on Monday. 9 Kerry Needham pictured with daughter Leighanna who has never met her … Read more
A family of polar and grizzly bear hybrids, or grolars, in Canada’s western Arctic — which all started with a “pretty strange” female polar bear — is “quite rare,” according to a new study. The research paper, published last week in the journal Conservation Genetics Resources, used a new tool to look at samples from … Read more
