Blog: The search for Caylee (CNN)

Thursday Dec. 11, 2008

Human Rights Watch studied abuses (Detroit Free Press)

The following excerpt comes from a December 1996 report, "All Too Familiar," by Human Rights Watch. The organization examined sexual abuse of female prisoners in the United States. It was one of a series of reports in the 1990s that described abuses of female inmates in Michigan prisons.

NIST Guides Genetic Genealogy Labs Toward Improved Accuracy (ThomasNet)

In their paper, NIST researchers explain basis for differing interpretations of genealogy tests and recommend solution using agency's certified reference material for human Y-chromosome DNA profiling (Standard Reference Material 2395), a collection of Y-STR markers that can serve as means for genetic labs to calibrate testing equipment. Researchers strongly encourage SRM 2395's use to enable ...

NIST Guides Genetic Genealogy Labs Toward Improved Accuracy (Medical News Today)

Anyone who has watched crime dramas on TV knows that forensic scientists can use DNA "profiling" to identify people from evidence gathered at a crime scene, establish a paternity link or help free an innocent person who has been wrongly jailed. A lesser known but rapidly growing application of DNA profiling is tracing a person's paternal ancestry - a process known as genetic genealogy.

DNA Profiling For Tracing Parental Ancestry Becomes More Accurate And Reliable (Science Daily)

A lesser known but rapidly growing application of DNA profiling is tracing paternal ancestry. NIST researchers recently published a paper with recommendations for genealogy testing that they hope will improve accuracy and reliability.

Medical testing stores come to Lincoln (Lincoln Journal Star)

You buy a hammer at Lowe’s, stop for coffee at a shop in the parking lot and decide to pop in next door for a PSA test at $49, to check up on your prostate.

NIST Guides Genetic Genealogy Labs Toward Improved Accuracy (Newswise)

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently published a paper with recommendations for genealogy testing that they hope will improve the accuracy and reliability of products that help to trace a person's genetic geneaology.

NIST guides genetic genealogy labs toward improved accuracy (EurekAlert!)

( National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) ) A lesser known but rapidly growing application of DNA profiling is tracing paternal ancestry. NIST researchers recently published a paper with recommendations for genealogy testing that they hope will improve accuracy and reliability.

From Pausch to Palin, What a Year it Was! (ABC News)

From public scandals to the presidential race, the most-read stories of the year

Kerry Katona's husband says he doesn't want anything to do with his love child... despite her warning he'll regret it ... (Daily Mail)

Kerry Katona was left stunned when her husband Mark Croft declared he didn't want to meet the three-year-old son he fathered with an ex-girlfriend.