Latest "DNA" stories

Dover Lab DNA Proves Woman was on famed 17th century Swedish warship

The Delaware-based Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory helped confirm that a woman was on a 17th century Swedish warship that sank on maiden voyage.

By Jan M. Olsen, The Associated Press

8 weeks ago

A digital representation of the human genome Aug. 15, 2001, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Each color represents one the four chemical compenents of DNA.

Cracking the code: The new frontier in confronting veteran suicide

Science may soon provide a way to predict and mitigate the risk of suicide, the author of this commentary piece says.

By Sherman Gillums

4 years ago

No answers for family’s questions about Civil War unknowns

When Paul Davis heard earlier this year that the complete remains of two Civil War soldiers had been uncovered recently at Manassas National Battlefield, mixed among severed limbs in a surgeon’s pit, he immediately wondered: Could that be his great-great uncle William, who died at the Second Battle of Bull Run, but whose bones had been lost to history?

5 years ago

The military and tattoos go hand-in-hand, but have you seen this jaw-dropping ink innovation?

Military personnel who want to honor a loved one or carry a good luck charm along on a deployment have a ground-breaking new method at their disposal.

5 years ago

North Korea provided just 1 dog tag with 55 sets of war remains

When North Korea handed over 55 boxes of bones that it said are remains of American war dead, it provided a single military dog tag but no other information that could help U.S. forensics experts determine their individual identities, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday.

By Robert Burns, The Associated Press

5 years ago

Fort Eustis soldier arrested in rape case from 2009

Detectives say the soldier's DNA matches a sample taken from the crime.

By Charlsy Panzino

6 years ago

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