Germany Own wurst enemy: Burglar's sausage bite helps police finally trace him German police say they have solved a nine-year-old burglary using DNA on a half-eaten piece of sausage. 11/03/2021
world news Aid workers' sexual misconduct unveiled by researchers using DNA Foreign aid workers who fathered children abroad are being revealed by using publicly available DNA databases. Test cases in the Philippines found men from Australia, Canada, the US and Britain had fathered children in the country while doing foreign aid work. 05/01/2021
World Mateus Webba Da Silva: the Angolan expert breaking ground in DNA research Mateus Webba Da Silva is an international scientist and DNA expert who 26/10/2020
Good Morning Europe New gene research aims to identify those most at risk from COVID-19 A new genetic research project aims to identify and ultimately protect those most at risk from the current and potential future waves of COVID-19 14/05/2020
USA Police searched years for a serial rapist, then found a suspect among their past recruits "Had he not attempted to join the ranks of the Clayton County Police department, it's questionable as to when we would have apprehended him," police said. 29/08/2019
United Kingdom Cheddar Man shows white skin could be a recent phenomenon Tests conducted on the skeleton of an ancient human ancestor who lived in England show he had "dark to black" skin, researchers said. 07/02/2018
Spain Dali is not the Daddy, says DNA A Spanish woman who claims she is the daughter of Salvador Dali is in fact not, acccording to a DNA test. María Pilar Abel Martínez claims her 06/09/2017
Destinations Five futuristic trends shaping tourism Innovative ideas and projects shaping the future of globe-trotting. 15/08/2017
world news Genetic breakthrough could cure hereditary disorders Scientists have moved a step closer to curing hereditary disorders by safely repairing a gene in a human embryo. A joint team from The United States and South Korea allowed embryos to develop for five days and succeeded in normalizing a mutant gene. 03/08/2017
Spain Salvador Dali's intact moustache Salvador Dali's body has been exhumed for DNA samples to settle a paternity case - and in a typically surrrealist twist his moustache was found to be intact. 21/07/2017
Spain Salvador Dali's body exhumed for DNA tests to settle a paternity claim DNA samples have been taken from the body of Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali to try to settle a paternity claim. 21/07/2017
Germany German police find DNA of neo-Nazi cell member on girl's remains Police in Germany say they have recovered DNA from the recently discovered remains of a girl who disappeared 15 years ago, claiming it matches that of a dead member of a neo-Nazi terror… 14/10/2016
world news Baby with three genetic parents is born Fertility doctors using a brand new technique to eliminate inherited disease have helped a woman deliver a baby with three genetic parents. 28/09/2016
United Kingdom British embryo research 'first step' to 'legalisation of GM babies' British scientists have been given the green light to edit the genes of human embryos for research. A controversial technique will be used, that some 01/02/2016
Germany Ex-leftist German radicals' DNA found after failed robbery Three members of Germany’s defunct radical leftist Red Army Faction carried out a failed armed robbery last year to finance their life on the run 20/01/2016
Sweden Work on DNA repair wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry The three scientists who have shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry were unveiled at a press conference in Sweden. Swede Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich 07/10/2015
Thailand Thailand: murder trial to resume of two Burmese men accused of murdering British holidaymakers The trial is due to resume in Thailand of two Burmese men accused of killing two British packpackers. The hearing will examine the reliability of 22/07/2015
USA Being gay is in a man's genes, says study Fresh evidence has emerged to back up the idea male sexual orientation is influenced by genes. Researchers looked at the DNA of 400 gay men and 14/02/2014
