DNA testing is becoming used more frequently by people to help in critical situations that can change their lives. In cases of missing children, urgent medical care needs, body identification or legal verification, DNA can help solve the issue. But waiting until an...
For any living thing to survive, DNA molecules must be copied exactly within a body. Sit down a few moments and enter the fascinating world of how a body re-generates itself, one tiny bit at a time. We’re about to lay some genetic science knowledge down for you. First...
If you know you have twins, one of the first things you’ll want to know is if they are identical or not. This can be determined during pregnancy, as identical twins typically share a placenta while fraternal twins usually do not. But sometimes, the placentas can get...
DNA profiling is a technique developed and perfected over the last 25 years to uniquely identify individuals based on their DNA – the genetic material that is present in each of the billions of cells in our bodies. DNA is, for all intents and purposes, a sequence of...
For some women or couples, establishing paternity at the earliest possible time during the pregnancy is of utmost importance. The reasons behind wanting early testing may be highly personal, they may involve uncertainty over the identity of the biological father, or...
