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DNA

Last Updated: | Press Releases

Feature Article: Using DNA to Search for the True Origins of Imported Honey

S&T worked with the Borders, Trade, and Immigration Institute Center of Excellence on cutting-edge forensic science to identify the country of origin of imported honey. 

Last Updated: | Press Releases

News Release: S&T Completes Test of DNA Tool to Detect African Swine Fever

DHS S&T and MatMaCorp completed a successful evaluation of a field-deployable genetic test to detect African Swine Fever (ASF) virus in infected pigs and pork products.

Last Updated: | Fact Sheets

Snapshot: S&T Helps Solve Mystery of 4,000-year-old Mummy

In 1915, when American explorers entered an ancient tomb cut in the parched limestone cliffs of the eastern bank of the Nile River, 155 miles south of Cairo they were greeted by the disembodied head of a 4,000-year-old mummy.