by DDC Development | Jan 23, 2013 | Forensic DNA Testing, Science and Technology
It has been a year since the ATCC Standards Development Organization (ATCC-SDO) released the consensus standard (ANS-0002) for authentication of human cell lines. Since then, a growing list of organizations and journals have strongly recommended adding cell line...
by DDC Development | Jan 17, 2013 | DNA science
Back in 2011, The Telegraph reported on advances in technology that would potentially allow 300,000 tons of animal-based gelatin currently produced annually (for marshmallows, candies, donut filling, and countless other face-stuffables) to be offset with gelatin...
by DDC Development | Jan 9, 2013 | DNA science
Legend has it that when France’s King Louis XVI was killed via guillotine some 200 years ago during the French Revolution, someone used a handkerchief to soak up the king’s blood, then stored the handkerchief in a gourd. DNA has confirmed this to be true,...
by DDC Development | Jan 3, 2013 | Ancestry DNA Testing
In the world of art, few paintings have aroused more interest and speculation than the Mona Lisa. Created between 1503 and 1506 by Leonardo da Vinci, art historians widely believe it to be the portrait of Lisa Gherardini, commissioned by her husband Francesco del...