Cops Are Getting a New Tool For Family-Tree Sleuthing

Photo: MirageC / Getty Images. Article by Megan Molteni.

Verogen’s push into public crime labs with genetic genealogy may help solve more cold cases, but it raises concerns about DNA data collection.

You won’t find it on the commodities market, but the value of one substance has quietly skyrocketed over the past two years: DNA. Growing genetic databases have proven to be rich resources for discovering new drugs and other medical advances. Law enforcement agencies have perhaps been the biggest benefactors of this biometric boom. […]

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