Announcing the 22nd International Symposium on Human Identification Madison, WI (PRWEB) July 27, 2011 Phenotyping. Rapid DNA testing. Familial searching.

By VICTORIA WARD PORTUGUESE police are said to be flying to Britain today to discuss DNA findings with officers. It will be the first time they have been to the UK. A source said they will not go anywhere near Gerry and Kate McCann or their friends during the two-day summit.

By Michael Seamark, Sam Greenhill FOR weeks, Kate and Gerry McCann have been subjected to a drip- feed of increasingly lurid allegations in the Portuguese media blaming them for Madeleine's death.

By Mark Cowan CRIME CORRESPONDENT SCIENTIFIC sleuths in Birmingham have been thrust into the spotlight bcause their expertise could hold the key to solving two shocking crimes.

There are key pieces of information about forensic police work that CSI, Waking the Dead and Silent Witness won't tell you. There are, for instance, two fundamental problems with the way that labs work.