KATHMANDU, Jan 31: DNA tests have started to identify the bodies of six people who died in the recent Pokhara air crash and could not be identified as they were burnt and disfigured badly.

BAITADI, March 25: The DNA of the vaginal swab of Bhagarathi Bhatta who was raped and murdered in Baitadi district in early February has matched that of the accused.

DHANGADI, Jan 10: After questions being raised repeatedly on the authenticity of the vaginal swab collected from rape and murder victim Nirmala Panta of Bhimdatta Municipality, police have collected blood sample of her mother Durgadevi Panta for testing.

HONG KONG, Nov 26: A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life.

Childhood sexual abuse may leave “molecular scars” on a victim’s DNA which could one day be used as evidence in court, scientists have said.

KATHMANDU, Oct 1: Nepal Police has clarified that the DNA test of suspended SP Dilli Raj Bista was done at two places.

AMSTERDAM, Sept 29: A man from the Netherlands hops that DNA tests will help him find up to 1,000 other siblings that he never realized he had.

KANCHANPUR, Sept 14: A blood sample of suspended Superintendent of Police Dilli Bista, one of the accused in the rape and murder case of teenager Nirmala Panta, has been collected for DNA testing.

A human virus that causes a rare form of leukemia increases the risk of disease by changing the way DNA loops inside our cells.

LALITPUR, Feb 17: With the animal DNA test in place, action against the smugglers of different body parts of animals has been made easier.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, March 15:  Malaysian police were able to confirm the identity of Kim Jong Nam, who was killed last month at Kuala Lumpur's airport, using a DNA sample from one of his children, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Wednesday.

Manager Jose Mourinho said his job was to restore Manchester United's DNA and build the future for the club, which has struggled after the trophy-laden 26-year spell under former boss Alex Ferguson.