The case was reclassified to second-degree murder. In 2019, HPD said one of the three siblings provided a buccal swab sample to the HPD Scientific Investigative Section DNA Laboratory. In 2020 ...

Defense attorney Christopher Cassar, of Huntington, said shortly after a conference held Tuesday that he had not yet reviewed the buccal swab application made by the district attorney’s office.

Newly published research in JAMA presents an alternative: a nasal swab test that researchers say accurately diagnoses a child’s asthma subtype. Researchers used the new tests in three studies of ...

So what’s the best way to clean our ears? And is using a cotton swab (or Q-Tip, the name brand that has become synonymous with the soft, fuzzy little tool) really as problematic as we’ve been told?

The state police lab report suggested that if a direct Y chromosome DNA comparison was needed, a blood sample or buccal swab sample should be submitted. More than a month later, on June 17 ...

Successfully performing high throughput DNA purification in a clinical laboratory requires a robust automated method to handle the wide ranges in DNA quality and quantity found with patient buccal ...