A former DNA analyst for the state and Harris County has been chosen to lead the Houston police crime lab's DNA division, which is working to reopen after being shut down almost three years ago.

More problems in DNA evidence processed by the Houston Police -- including evidence in three death penalty cases -- have been discovered by the special investigator hired by the city to get to the ...

Our DNA is constantly being packed and unpacked. And there is a good reason for this: depending on its packing state, it performs different functions in the cell nucleus. For most of its life – this ...

Helen Vogt, 77, beaten and stabbed 51 times, was found dead in her Zimmerman Road townhouse in July 1988 Despite intense police investigation, the case stayed open for more than three decades ...

Forensic DNA technology was still developing when 77-year-old Helen Vogt was stabbed 51 times and murdered in her Erie townhouse in July 1988. In the three decades since then, DNA technology has ...

If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell’s nucleus, explaining why it must be constantly folded and packaged. When it is time for cell division, and the ...