Experts Call For Federal Regulation Of Genetic Ancestry Testing (Science Daily)

The need for a clear set of rules governing genetic ancestry testing is becoming more urgent, according to experts, given the proliferation of private corporations that promise consumers insight into their genetic origins.

South bend Police: Body probably Rowe's :DNA testing needed for final ID. (South Bend Tribune)

SOUTH BEND -- Police believe the body of a woman found Tuesday in the St. Joseph River is that of Linda Rowe, who has been missing for more than a month.

DNA Convicts Man in 1983 D.C. Slaying and Rape (Washington Post)

In one of the first cases in the District in which DNA was used as key evidence in closing a decades-old investigation, a D.C. Superior Court jury yesterday found a former church deacon guilty of raping and murdering a 57-year-old woman in 1983.

Bioethicist And Colleagues Call For Federal Regulation Of Genetic Ancestry Testing (redOrbit)

Imagine donating a sample of your DNA to help researchers study the genetics of diabetes. The disease is common among your friends and family, and you're proud of your role in finding out why.

Tougher controls sought for DNA ancestry testing (UC Newsroom)

Regulation would set 'gold standard' in direct-to-consumer genetic tests for genealogy and medical use.

Bioethicists call for federal regulation of genetic ancestry testing (PhysOrg)

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the popularity of take-home DNA kits to trace ancestry or calculate the risk for serious medical conditions grows, there is an increasingly critical need for federal oversight of "direct-to consumer" genetic testing, as well as of the use of DNA samples for research, according to researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and several other academic institutions.

Stanford bioethicist and colleagues call for federal regulation of genetic ancestry testing (EurekAlert!)

( Stanford University Medical Center ) The lack of federal regulation in instances of DNA use will be addressed in the Policy Forum section in the July 3 issue of Science by Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Ph.D., of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, and colleagues from four other universities. The need for a clear set of rules governing genetic ancestry testing is becoming more urgent, Lee said, ...

Judge OKs DNA tests in 1991 Ill. bar-fight death (KWQC-TV 6 Davenport)

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois judge will allow DNA testing of blood and hair that a 42-year-old man hopes will clear him in his father's 1991 murder.

Williams murder trial continued; DNA testing procedure finalized (The Daily Sentinel)

POMEROY — The murder trial of a Parkersburg, W.Va. man has been continued until September. Meanwhile, Judge Fred W. Crow III has denied Charles Williams’ request for independent testing of a DNA ...

DNA backlog blows out to almost 5,500 (Sky News Australia)

The backlog of DNA testing in NSW has blown out to almost 5,500, Freedom of Information (FOI) figures reveal.