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By Paul Cruickshank, Mohammed Jamjoom and Nic Robertson, CN updated 10:51 AM EDT, Mon April 28, 2014 Strikes targeted al Qaeda fighters in Yemen. STORY HIGHLIGHTS (CNN) -- The remains of a Saudi national killed in airstrikes in Yemen earlier this month are not those of a wanted al Qaeda bomb-maker, according to multiple sources in Saudi Arabia who were briefed on the matter. DNA tests conducted by Saudi officials showed that the remains were not those of Ibrahim al-Asiri, they said. Saudi officials had obtained a close match to al-Asiri's DNA via remains of his brother, who died in a failed suicide bomb attack. The brother had carried a bomb inside his body, which killed him upon detonation but failed to hit his intended target, Saudi Arabia's security chief. The sources said that the results were also negative for a DNA match to Nasser al-Wuhayshi, believed to be head of al Qaeda in the Arabian Pennisula. Al-Wuhayshi has been referred to as the "crown prince" of the global terror organization al Qaeda. Crackdown The laboratory tests were conducted to determine whether a broad offensive against AQAP, which is considered al Qaeda's most dangerous wing, had eliminated the two men. … Continue reading →

Researchers from Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have developed a cloaked DNA nanodevice capable of evading the body's immune defenses. The design was inspired by real world viruses and could be used to diagnose cancer and better target treatments to specific areas of tissue. The researchers used a method known as "DNA origami" to construct the nanoscale device. This method involves folding a long strand of DNA into three-dimensional shapes and programming them to carry molecular instructions to specific cells. In 2012, researchers from Wyss demonstrated the potential of this approach by constructing a barrel-shaped robotic device, loading it with an antibody and programming it to hone in on leukemia and lymphoma cells. Once located, the antibody activated the cells' "suicide switch," causing them to self-destruct through what is known as apoptosis. While this delivery mechanism could prove useful in treating a variety of diseases, one significant obstacle is that in testing, the nanorobots are quickly digested after being injected into the bloodstream of mice. This led the researchers at Wyss to explore how they could prevent the particles from being chewed up before performing their task. "We suspected that a virus-like envelope around our particles could … Continue reading →

CLEVELAND - A serial rapist is facing up to 50 years in prison for a pair of sexual attacks that happened more than 20 years ago. DNA fingerprints linked 55-year-old Kenneth Parker to the rapes of two Cleveland women from April and June of 1993. In both cases Parker forced the victims into vacant dwellings using weapons or the threat of a weapon. Last week Parker entered a plea of guilty to three counts of rape and four counts of kidnapping for the Cleveland rapes. Parker was sentenced byCuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Steven E. Gall to spend 16 to 50 years in prison for those rapes. Parker is currently serving 18 years in prison for two rapes he committed in Columbus in 1996. Judge Gall ordered the new sentence to begin in August 2015 when he would have been released from the 18-year sentence. But for the DNA evidence, the victims in this case might never have gotten justice, and this serial rapist would have been free next year to resume attacking innocent women, said Assistant County Prosecutor Maxwell Martin, who prosecuted Parker for the State of Ohio. Now this community will stay remain from Mr. Parkers depravity. … Continue reading →