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What is the typical type of sample collected? To understand what qualifies as a special sample it is important to first understand what the common types of samples collected are....

Lights, camera, ACTION! Just over eight years ago, TheDNALAB, a division of Maxxam Analytics, had the privilege of sampling a rare shrunken body artefact as a professional videographer captured the...

Did you know that TheDNALab, which is solely owned and operated by Maxxam Analytics, was the first private laboratory in Canada to be accredited under the forensic specialty standard of...

Paternity and Forensic Twin DNA Testing  Twins are often stereotyped as being clones and are expected to be “identical”. A common question posed in the paternity and forensic field is,...

Forensic Science and CSI Forensic Science, in its most basic definition, is the application of science to law. It is an umbrella term used to describe professionals from a wide...

Immigration DNA Testing is a key process of the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) department through the government of Canada. The CIC requires DNA test results in a variety of...

Getting a Home DNA Test Kit for Paternity Home DNA Testing Kits are readily available from TheDNALAB and can help find your paternal and maternal lineage. If you’re thinking about...

A Real Case of DNA Fraud Danielle Morris, a woman from the UK, claimed that entertainer and impersonator, Jamie Somers, was her daughter’s paternal father. Danielle claimed that Jamie is...