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LUMBERTON, N.C., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Two North Carolina half brothers who have spent their entire adult lives in prison are innocent of the gruesome 1983 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl, a judge said. Henry McCollum and Leon Brown were ordered released at a hearing Tuesday. Prison officials kept them behind bars for one more night, saying they needed to be processed. Supporters in the courtroom cheered and wept when Superior Court Judge Doug Sasser issued the order for release. The brothers, both with mental disabilities, were convicted and sentenced to death after confessing to the murder of Sabrina Buie, whose body was found in a soybean field near Red Springs, her underpants stuffed down her throat. After new trials in the early 1990s, McCollum, 19 at the time of the killing, was sentenced to death again, while his brother, who was 15 in 1983, was sentenced to life in prison for rape. Johnson Britt, the current district attorney in Robeson County, said the DNA of another man, found on a cigarette near Sabrina's body, effectively destroyed the case. "Time and time again, confessions have proven to be insufficient and at times inaccurate," Britt said. The case was … Continue reading →

Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Newswise The ability to accurately repair DNA damaged by spontaneous errors, oxidation or mutagens is crucial to the survival of cells. This repair is normally accomplished by using an identical or homologous intact sequence of DNA, but scientists have now shown that RNA produced within cells of a common budding yeast can serve as a template for repairing the most devastating DNA damage a break in both strands of a DNA helix. Earlier research had shown that synthetic RNA oligonucleotides introduced into cells could help repair DNA breaks, but the new study is believed to be the first to show that a cells own RNA could be used for DNA recombination and repair. The finding provides a better understanding of how cells maintain genomic stability, and if the phenomenon extends to human cells, could potentially lead to new therapeutic or prevention strategies for genetic-based disease. The research was supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and the Georgia Research Alliance. The results were scheduled to be reported September 3, 2014, in the journal Nature. We have found that genetic information can flow from RNA to DNA in a homology-driven … Continue reading →

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DNA Series Ep. 05 Adjusting To College Life New episode of my DNA series (Diabetic and Aesthetic) Making progress every single day. My life as a Type 1 Diabetic living the health and fitness lifestyle! Never let anything hold you back... By: SuedeStrongFitness … Continue reading →

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DNA: How will Pakistan's polity take shape in the coming years? In the light of the present situation in Pakistan people across the world are anxious to know where would all this lead the country to. DNA brings you the crux of the future polity of Pak. By: Zee News … Continue reading →

Collecting DNA samples from polar bear tracks A WWF-Canon and Norwegian Polar Institute team collects DNA samples from polar bear tracks on Svalbard, Norway in April 2014. Learn more: panda.org/svalbard. By: WWFArcticProgramme … Continue reading →