From mislabeled meat to fake fur, a global industry has thrived for centuries by supplying shops and markets with fraudulent products. Is DNA barcoding the answer? Investigations in New York’s ...

Advances in sequencing technologies have accelerated the discovery of the genetic causation of diseases and new cell types. This revolution has also given rise to a new technique known as genetic ...

It’s January 2013, and the UK and Ireland are both gripped by the same scandal. News has broken that several food products sold in both countries (all frozen burgers or ready meals) contain horse meat ...

DNA barcoding is now being used to identify the plant matter in human feces, revealing what a person has eaten. A reliable genetic marker for plant-based foods can be retrieved from poop, showing not ...

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A section of DNA is to be used as a kind of barcode that will allow it to be easily identified. Credit: Photo: Getty Scientists meeting at the third International Barcode of Life conference in Mexico ...

With the ability to map dozens of biomarkers at once, a new method could transform testing for conditions including heart disease and cancer. With the ability to map dozens of biomarkers at once, a ...

A "barcode" gene that can be used to distinguish between the majority of plant species has been identified, say scientists. This gene can be used to catalogue plant life as it has a slightly different ...

The spreading bellflower, campanula patula, is among the plants whose DNA is recorded Wales has recorded the DNA of all its native flowering plants, which has potential to help conservation and ...