DNA

Updated 2:37 p.m. with St. Louis Public Radio story.Lawyers for a man convicted in the rape and murder of a St. Louis woman nearly 30 years ago filed…

Legislation Reducing Penalties for Initial Misdemeanors Headed to NixonLegislation headed to Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon would reduce the potential penalties…

An international team of researchers has sequenced the genomes of two species of orangutan.Lead researcher Devin Locke of the Genome Center at Washington…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 17, 2010 - Last week's newspaper (the old-fashioned printed kind) carried a wonderful story…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 3, 2010 - Gene researchers looking for the genes that cause inherited diseases have been having…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 20, 2010 - Our view of the differences between the sexes has recently undergone radical…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 18, 2009 - In England, the government collects DNA samples from its citizens with far greater…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 18, 2009 - The five-justice conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court refused on Thursday…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 15, 2009 - Few issues in science have stirred more social controversy than race.Race has a…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 4, 2009 - St. Patrick's Day is coming up in less than two weeks, and I find my thoughts turning…