Rescue personnel continued searching the wreckage of Karachi’s Gul Plaza on Tuesday for those reported missing in the deadly fire as the death toll reached 28. The fire had erupted on Saturday night. The plaza, parts of which collapsed due to the blaze, was a ground-plus-three-storey building with 1,200 shops spread over 8,000 square yards. […]
DNA
Forced DNA testing is violation of basic rights, rules SC
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ruled that compelling an individual to undergo a DNA test is a clear violation of fundamental rights, declaring that such an order infringes upon personal dignity and cannot be made part of the legal process. In a significant judgment, the apex court set aside the directives of the Lahore […]
James Watson, DNA pioneer, dies at 97
James Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning co-discoverer of DNA’s double-helix structure, has died at the age of 97, the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory announced Friday. Watson passed away Thursday in hospice care on Long Island, New York. Watson, along with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, received the 1962 Nobel Prize for their groundbreaking work on DNA, […]
Police arrest suspected rapist and murderer of a minor girl from Dera Ghazi Khan
The Dera Ghazi Khan District Police Officer (DPO) Atif Nazir told reporters at a press conference on Thursday that the police have traced out and arrested the rapist and murderer of a minor girl with the help of a DNA test report. The case revolved around the rape and murder of an eight year old […]
Dutch fertility doctor may have more than 49 children
A Dutch fertility doctor who used his own sperm to inseminate 49 women may have fathered even more children. Ties van der Meer of the Dutch Donor Child Foundation said Monday that three more people contacted him this weekend because they suspect they may also have been conceived using the sperm of Dr. Jan Karbaat. […]
Chinese scientists create monkeys with human brain genes
Chinese scientists have implanted human brain genes into monkeys, in a study intended to provide insights into the unique evolution of human intelligence. Researchers inserted human versions of MCPH1, a gene that scientists believe plays a role in the development of the human brain, into 11 rhesus monkeys. They found the monkeys’ brains — like […]
I tease Bebo and Lolo about having a flat in every building in Bandra: Akshay Kumar
Actors Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor-Khan are hugely fond of each other and hence re-teaming for their upcoming film ‘Good News’ was no less than ‘good news’ for the two superstars. The actors, who were last seen together in 2015 film ‘Gabbar is Back’, will play a couple one more time in the latest film. […]
Airman lost in World War II found using DNA analysis
An airman from Massachusetts who died during World War II when his plane crashed in Southeast Asia has been accounted for using DNA evidence. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Monday that US Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Alfred Sandini, of Marlborough, was accounted for earlier this year using dental, anthropological and DNA analysis, as […]