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A series of tests were done on various samples taken in relation with 4 years old Madeleine McCann, who dissappeared last 3rd of May in Praia da Luz, Portugal. Foresic experts produced a number of genetic profiles taken from evidence seized from the McCanns’ holiday hotel room to be compared with the genetic profiles from […]

Portuguese Police already has gotten the first results of the DNA tests that will be contrasted with the suspects. Four years old Madeleine McCann was kidnapped two weeks ago in a hotel located in Algarve, Portugal.
The genetic profiles obtained within the framework of the investigation of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the 4 years old […]

Knowing the gender of an unborn baby has been possible for a while now. Ultrasound is a technique widely available and used by millions of pregnant woman each year, at least in the Occidental world. Although typically associated with gender prediction, the ultrasound is actually employed to monitor several aspects of fetal development, being sex […]

Two years ago, scientists announced the completion of the chimpanzee genome and stunned the public opinion by showing that chimp’s DNA is 98% identical to ours. Being able to compare the human genome sequence with that of our closest living relative was very useful, but many questions can not be properly addressed without having […]