Thirty-one years after hunters found human bones in a shallow grave in rural Ohio, DNA unlocked the identity of the apparent homicide victim and renewed hope that the killer will be found. A remarkable blend of citizens’ cooperation, investigators’ determination, and technological advances revealed that the remains were not those of a woman, as initially…
DNA Identifies Mystery Victim After 31 Years, Search for Killer Renewed
New DNA Test Leads to Arrest in 35-Year-Old Pennsylvania Murder Case
Pennsylvania State Police have arrested a woman in the 35-year-old murder case of her husband. Judith Ann Jarvis, now 76, was arrested Tuesday in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and charged with the murder of Carl Jarvis, according to a criminal complaint. Just after midnight on Aug. 10, 1987, Judith Jarvis, then 41, called state police and…
Washington State Man Charged in 34-Year-Old Wisconsin Murder
APPLETON, Wis.—A Washington state man has been charged in the 1988 slaying of a Wisconsin woman after he was identified using “familial DNA searching” to examine records of people who may be related to the suspect. Gene C. Meyer, 66, is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree sexual assault with use of a dangerous weapon…
China’s Collection of DNA Data Linked to Bioweapons, Religious Persecution, Organ Harvesting
Police in China’s Fuzhou City recently bragged about solving a break-in by conducting a DNA test of a blood smear from a mosquito that allegedly stung the burglar. However, the incident, which made global headlines, brings to the fore the threats associated with the exploitation of DNA databases. The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ambitious efforts…
Arizona Death Row Inmate Seeks Forensic Tests in 1980 Deaths
PHOENIX—A judge is mulling an Arizona death row prisoner’s request to have fingerprint and DNA tests conducted on evidence from the two 1980 killings for which he is scheduled to be executed next month. A lawyer for Murray Hooper said at a hearing Wednesday that her client is innocent, that no physical evidence ties him…
Uvalde Superintendent’s 30-Year Career Ends as School Board Accepts His Retirement
Hal Harrell, superintendent of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD) in Texas, has officially retired after the Uvalde school board unanimously voted to accept his decision on Wednesday. The board on Wednesday voted for Gary Patterson to serve as the interim superintendent until a permanent replacement is found. Harrell, a 30-year employee of the school district, announced on Oct….
Texas Schools Handing out DNA Kits to Parents to Help Identify Kids in Emergencies
Texas public schools will soon be sending students home with DNA and fingerprint identification kits in an effort to help parents identify them in case of an emergency. Approximately 3.8 million students in Texas are expected to bring home a kit, ABC13 reported, with some schools set to begin distributing them as early as this week. The decision comes…
Why Are Men Dying Younger Than Women? Mouse Study Offers Clues
October 14, 2022
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It’s a question that spans the generations: Why do men die earlier than women? A new study on mice offers a concrete answer, or at least one more concrete than what’s been offered so far. Life expectancy for women in the United States in 2021 was 79 years; for men, it was 73 years. This is…
‘Human Flesh Capsules’ from China Reappear in South Korea
Recent reports from South Korea media suggest that the smuggling of capsules from China containing human DNA have recently reappeared despite ethical and health concerns. According to data obtained from the Korea Customs Service (KCS) by representative Kim Young Sun of the South Korean National Assembly on Sept. 28, the KCS reported six incidents of…
COVID mRNA Jabs and Testing Kicked Off This Industry of Drug Development: Here’s What You Need to Know
As we know, there are three major categories of medicines according to their sources, including natural medicines, chemically synthesized drugs, and biological therapeutics. Among them, biological therapeutics (aka. biologics) are drugs developed and manufactured through biotechnology, such genetic engineering, cell engineering, and protein engineering. Two major categories of biopharmaceuticals have been small molecule- and protein/antibody-based…
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