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Adult Health Skin Cancer

Tanning beds can cause DNA damage and increase the risk of melanoma by nearly three times

Investigations

Child's body found in Va. in 1972 identified as 4-year-old boy from Philly
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Investigations

DNA match leads to murder charge in Camden cold case from 2011
Camden Cold Case

Investigations

Human bones found on Jersey Shore beaches ID'd as captain from 19th century shipwreck
Jersey Shore Skeleton

Prevention

A bacterial toxin may be a factor in the rise in colon cancer among young people
Colorectal Cancer Toxin

Investigations

Pennsylvania State Police solve 57-year-old Luzerne County cold case with help of college student
1964 Cold Case DNA

Health News

Promising HIV cure developed by Temple researchers advances to clinical trial
HIV Research Temple

Health News

How DNA from an ancestry website led to the arrest of a Pennsylvania rape suspect 26 years later
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Investigations

Investigation resumes decades after man found dead in Pennsylvania cave
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Health News

Cracking the sugar code: Why the 'glycome' is the next big thing in health and medicine
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Health Studies

ATMs dispense more than money: The dirt and dope that's on your cash
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Opinion

How can a baby have 3 parents?
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Investigations

'Phenotyping' DNA sketch released in gunpoint rape at Norristown Farm Park
DNA Phenotyping

Veterans Affairs

Philly doctor leads study on link between genetic testing and depression care for vets

Autism

'Provocative' CHOP study identifies new potential risk factor for autism

Research

Pig-to-human organ transplants advance with gene-editing experiment

Government

Pa. lawmakers seek DNA sampling of convicted misdemeanor offenders

Crime

The FBI built a database that can catch rapists – almost nobody uses it

Prison Escape

DNA linking escapees to New York cabin

Health News

How DNA sequencing is transforming the hunt for new drugs
DNA

Health News

U.S. proposes effort to analyze DNA from 1 million people

Criminal Justice

Number of criminals exonerated at record high

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