DNA

Sixty-five-year-old Gregory Tucker argued that the DNA wasn’t sufficient on its own to convict him in the 2016 break-in near Detroit, citing U.S. Supreme Court rulings about evidence.

What if you could make cancer cells act like they have a virus weakening them? Van Andel Institute researchers call it viral mimicry. WGVU spoke with Dr. Ali Chomiak, a Van Andel Institute Scientist working on preclinical research.

The Gerber Foundation has awarded Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital a $350,000 grant to study rare diseases in undiagnosed neonatal…

Authorities in western Michigan plan to exhume the remains of a woman slain more than 50 years ago to collect DNA in an effort to identify her and solve…

Testing in three southwestern Michigan waterways has turned up no trace of Asian carp that have damaged the environment and economy in other parts of the…

A woman convicted of killing her landlord in 2007 in western Michigan and burning the body has been sentenced to 25-50 years in prison.Fifty-six-year-old…

A man tripped up by his own DNA on a cigarette butt has lost an appeal of a breaking-and-entering conviction in western Michigan.Steven Merchant Jr. was…

Officials say new DNA testing points to a different killer in a 1981 slaying for which a Michigan man is serving a life sentence.The Detroit Free Press…

A man serving life in prison for multiple murders across several counties could get a new trial for one of those crimes. Between November of 1981 and…

The Michigan Legislature is eliminating a deadline for people convicted of felonies to petition a judge for new DNA testing and a new trial.Michigan in…