The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said this week it will retest 4,000 DNA samples and open an internal ...

Los Angeles County has been using potentially faulty DNA test kits in criminal investigations for months.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department will retest more than 4,000 DNA samples after announcing it used a faulty testing ...

where the enzyme DNA polymerase zips along the single strands starting at the primer to replicate the DNA. The cycle repeats and copies of the original DNA accumulate exponentially. Like any ...

Forensic DNA profiling uses polymerase chain reaction (PCR ... Although the enzyme is not yet commercially available, the research team is working on creating a kit for forensic analysists to use.

DNA polymerase (DNAP) is a type of enzyme that is responsible for forming new copies of DNA, in the form of nucleic acid molecules. Nucleic acids are polymers, which are large molecules made up of ...

Polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, is a laboratory technique used to make multiple copies of a segment of DNA. PCR is very precise and can be used to amplify, or copy, a specific DNA target from a ...

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The department said it has opened an internal investigation to assess how much the faulty kits have affected criminal cases, and will retest some 4,000 DNA samples. “We take the integrity of our ...

Los Angeles Sheriff's Department to Retest 4,000 DNA Samples After Using Faulty Kits for 8 Months LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said this week it will retest ...