DNA test disappoints as new cancer screen

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  December 23, 2004 ;     247 words ...The first big trial of a DNA test to detect colon cancer proved...blood in stool, but the DNA test is too expensive -- $400...which makes the test. The DNA test found 52 percent of the cancers found by...success rates of up to 91 percent, and the blood test found 30 ...

DNA Test for Colon Cancer Disappoints

AP Online;  December 22, 2004 ;     260 words ......The first big trial of a DNA test to detect colon cancer proved...blood in stool, but the DNA test is too expensive _ $400...which makes the test. The DNA test found 52 percent of the cancers found by...success rates of up to 91 percent, and the blood test found 30 ...

DNA test for colorectal cancer yields disappointing results

AP Worldstream;  December 22, 2004 ;     239 words ......The first big trial of a DNA test to detect colon cancer proved...blood in stool, but the DNA test is too expensive _ $400...research had suggested that DNA tests might be a less expensive...which makes the test. The DNA test found 52 percent of the cancers found by ...

DNA test for colon cancer falls short

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  December 23, 2004 ;     294 words ......Bergen County, NJ) 12-23-2004 DNA test for colon cancer falls short...The first big trial of a DNA test to detect colon cancer proved...blood in stool, but the DNA test is too expensive - $400...which makes the test. The DNA test found 52 percent of the cancers ...

The issue: Should police DNA "test before they arrest" in murder cases, as...

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  June 22, 2005 ;     15 words ...Yes: 73 percent -- 80 No: 27 percent -- 30 Today's issue: Do you obey lawn watering restrictions?

DNA test for colon cancer holds hope.(NEWS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 25, 2000 ;     700+ words ...An experimental DNA test that could be done...cancer - or 91 percent - in a group of...happen. He said the DNA test was far more accurate...none, in 5 to 10 percent of patients. And...is only 25 to 50 percent effective, at best...comparison, the DNA test's 91 ...

GUARD FATHERED INMATE'S CHILD, DNA TEST INDICATES.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  June 8, 1998 ;     118 words ...A DNA test has shown that a state prison guard fathered a child with...since resigned. The baby girl was born in September. The DNA test, certified on May 29, is 99.99 percent accurate, according to Labcorp, the North Carolina-based...Thomas Balerud, said he gave prosecutors results of the ...

BABIES GOT SWITCHED, DNA TEST CONFIRMS

The Columbian;  September 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......09-01-1998 RICHMOND, Va. - A DNA test confirmed that two babies were...principals do. For instance, 78 percent of teens say their schools are not drug free; just 18 percent of principals agree. And while only 15 percent of high school principals say...

Judge says Peru president must take DNA test in paternity suit

AP Worldstream;  June 28, 2002 ;     242 words ......Friday that President Alejandro Toledo must submit to a DNA test to determine if he is the father of a 14-year-old girl...northern city of Piura, said Toledo will have to provide a DNA sample on Aug. 7 in Lima, Peru's capital Kcomt made the...lawyers plan to appeal her ruling. Toledo can avoid the ...

Michael Lohan takes DNA test to confirm paternity

The Hindustan Times;  July 1, 2008 ;     226 words ......Lohan's father Michael Lohan has admitted to having taken a DNA test to confirm whether or not he has fathered a lovechild. Lohan...fathered a child with Kristi Kaufmann. Now, he's given a DNA test, and in a matter of a couple of weeks he will now whether...background," he added about his ...

Judge: Toledo Must Take DNA Test

AP Online;  June 28, 2002 ;     300 words ......Friday that President Alejandro Toledo must submit to a DNA test to determine if he is the father of a 14- year-old girl...northern city of Piura, said Toledo will have to provide a DNA sample on Aug. 7 in Lima, Peru's capital Kcomt made the...lawyers plan to appeal her ruling. Toledo can avoid the ...

Police to verify identity of girl found in suitcase, Suitcase girl's...

The Manila Times;  September 19, 2007 ;     505 words ......Bureau of Investigations yesterday to submit themselves to a DNA test. Palma, who was allegedly abducted on her way home from...cadaver be dug up and submitted to another autopsy and a DNA test. Palma's parents have expressed willingness to go along with this. "I know my daughter. I am sure 100, ...

DNA TEST OK'D IN RAPE CASE IT'S A 1ST IN PORTER COUNTY

Post-Tribune (IN);  June 16, 1989 ;     407 words ......use as evidence here Thursday. It was the first time the DNA test has been approved in a Porter County court, although it...Johnston said the trial would have to be postponed because the DNA test is expected to take four to eight weeks. Porter County Circuit...approved the testing procedure, which ...

Defendant Requests Second DNA Test: Pastor Accused In Girl's Pregnancy.

Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT);  February 7, 2007 ;     403 words ......Court judge Tuesday for a new DNA test he thinks would show he is...previous tests showed with 99 percent certainty he is the baby's...prosecutors. They have false DNA, Reyes said during a pretrial...Hartford. I've been asking for DNA tests, and I'm still in jail...trial. Requesting a ...

DNA test for baldness?

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  March 3, 2008 ;     381 words ......losing their hair can now take a DNA test that will determine their odds of...searches for a genetic variant that 95 percent of all bald men share. Men who test...company president Andy Goren says the DNA test provides a solid basis for when and...