Fox News Italy
…Researchers in Italy will soon begin digging near a convent to study the remains of a woman long thought to be the model for Leonardo DaVinci’s masterpiece…
Daily Archives: April 6, 2011
Hunt to Find Real Identity of Mona Lisa
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Posted in Ancestry, Ancient DNA
Figures show decline in DNA database use
The Guardian UK
Home Office figures show a fall in searches and matches over the last parliamentary term
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Posted in Database
Pfizer Begins DNA Test for Victims
All Africa.Com Nigeria
Pfizer has yesterday begins taking of sample saliva of the victims of the 1996 ‘Trovan’ drug test in Kano for the DNA test which would enable the pharmaceutical company establish evidence before effecting the compensation it agreed to pay the victims.
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Posted in Database
1,700-year-old African skeleton could be an ancestor
BBC News
It is hoped a 1,700-year-old African skeleton unearthed in Warwickshire could provide data about the DNA history of later populations and the ethnic origin of modern Britons.
The male skeleton, thought to be of a Roman soldier, was found earlier this year in a Roman cemetery in Stratford.
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Posted in Ancient DNA
Lab Corp Agrees To Acquire Orchid Cellmark In $83.8 Million Deal
Dow Jones Newswire
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (LH) agreed to acquire DNA-testing services company Orchid Cellmark Inc. (ORCH) in a deal valued at about $83.8 million in a bid to strengthen Lab Corp.'s presence in the U.S. and give it a foothold in Britain.
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Posted in Forensic Industry News