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	<title>DNA Testing Blog</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>McClendon: Home for the Holidays Thanks to DNA Testing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDC Panel</dc:creator>
		
		<category>DNA Testing</category>

		<category>DNA Testing for Legal Purposes</category>

		<category>Forensic DNA Testing</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Robert McClendon, exonerated by DNA testing performed by DDC, is home for the holidays for the first time in 18 years. He was released August 11 after DNA evidence cleared him of a child rape charge.
McClendon is the 7th Ohio exoneree (read about the other six in this Columbus Dispatch article) and his is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nature Education&#8217;s Scitable: For Science Students Everywhere</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category>DNA Educational Resources</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nature Education recently launched the beta for Scitable (pronounced sight-ə-bəl, as in a &#8220;citable source&#8221;). Described as &#8220;a collaborative learning space for science undergraduates,&#8221; the project&#8217;s goal is two-fold: to foster and cultivate students&#8217; interest in science, and to provide an accessible source of current scientific knowledge to science students worldwide.

(Image courtesy of Nature Publishing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Family History Day and Genetics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDC Panel</dc:creator>
		
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		<category>Other DNA Tests</category>

		<category>DNA Testing History</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Surgeon General has set Thanksgiving Day as the &#8220;National Family History Day.&#8221; According to their website,
Over the holiday or at other times when families gather, the Surgeon General encourages Americans to talk about, and to write down, the health problems that seem to run in their family. Learning about their family&#8217;s health history [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Baird on Judge David Young</title>
		<link>http://www.dnacenter.com/paternity-blog/dr-baird-on-judge-david-young.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDC Panel</dc:creator>
		
		<category>DNA Paternity Testing</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Michael Baird, DDC&#8217;s laboratory director, appears in several episodes of the Judge David Young Show this season.
DDC has performed DNA testing for the show since 2007, but this is the first year that they have arranged for Dr. Baird to deliver the test results over streaming video into the courtroom.





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		<title>DNA Testing on Unusual Samples: Paraffin Blocks Now Accepted</title>
		<link>http://www.dnacenter.com/paternity-blog/dna-testing-on-unusual-samples-paraffin-blocks-now-accepted.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDC Panel</dc:creator>
		
		<category>DNA Paternity Testing</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[DDC is pleased to announce that it is now accepting paraffin-embedded tissue samples as a source of DNA for paternity testing. This may be very useful in cases where the alleged father or child is deceased or missing, and a medical examiner, coroner, or hospital pathologist has previously collected tissue samples and preserved them in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DNA Testing Goes to Hollywood</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDC Panel</dc:creator>
		
		<category>DNA Paternity Testing</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week, two of DDC&#8217;s scientists are attending the 19th International Symposium on Human Identification in Hollywood, California.
Laboratory director Dr. Michael Baird co-hosted a pre-symposium workshop Sunday on the use of  non-autosomal markers in relationship analysis. Speakers presented Y-chromosomal and X-chromosomal STR analysis in addition to mitochondrial DNA sequencing. Methods to incorporate the results [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DNA Testing for Breast Cancer: In the News</title>
		<link>http://www.dnacenter.com/paternity-blog/dna-testing-for-breast-cancer-in-the-news.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDC Panel</dc:creator>
		
		<category>DNA Testing</category>

		<category>Other DNA Tests</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This year, the topic of direct-to-consumer genetic testing has been highly discussed and debated in the media. A previous post discusses the different types of genetic testing available to consumers today. At particular issue is the actions or behavioral changes someone might make after learning about his or her health risks and predispositions via a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DNA Testing Explained, in Video</title>
		<link>http://www.dnacenter.com/paternity-blog/dna-testing-explained-in-video.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDC Panel</dc:creator>
		
		<category>DNA Paternity Testing</category>

		<category>DNA Educational Resources</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[DDC has recently added videos to its Science and Technology section. Science enthusiasts, students, and anyone interested in DNA testing can view a series of 7 short videos explaining the science of DNA testing.
Through the use of 3D animation and live footage from DDC&#8217;s laboratory, the video series explains how paternity testing works, and goes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DNA News: Paternity Test Reveals Answers in Vasectomy Dispute</title>
		<link>http://www.dnacenter.com/paternity-blog/dna-news-paternity-test-reveals-answers-in-vasectomy-dispute.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDC Panel</dc:creator>
		
		<category>DNA Paternity Testing</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fox News reported that Brady and Mindy Hill of Arkansas is suing a medical facility after a failed vasectomy and miscarriage. The medical staff allegedly suggested that infidelity was the reason for the pregnancy, but paternity testing confirmed that Brady was the father. The Hills sued the staff for negligence and defamation, arguing that they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DDC Veterinary Now Offers New Dog Mixed Breed Test</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDC Panel</dc:creator>
		
		<category>DNA Paternity Testing</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you own a mixed-breed dog, perhaps you&#8217;ve encountered the question &#8220;What kind of dog is that?&#8221; and not known the answer. DDC&#8217;s veterinary division is pleased to announce that it now offers a test to determine the breed makeup of &#8220;mutts&#8221; or mixed breed dogs.
Like DNA testing in humans, the breed makeup test uses [...]]]></description>
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