Category Archives: Media

Guidance for Mass Fatality DNA Identification Now Available

Guidelines for Mass Fatality (MF) DNA Identification Operations are now available on the AABB (formally known as the American Association of Blood Banks) web site, www.aabb.org. The MF Guidelines are a product of the Relationship Testing Standards Committee of the AABB. We live in an age of increasing population densities, political tensions, and the corresponding…

State of Maryland Department of Human Resources Selects DNA Diagnostics Center for Paternity Testing

DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC), the largest provider of private DNA paternity and other DNA tests in the U.S. and worldwide, has signed a five year contract with the Department of Human Resources, an agency of the State of Maryland, to handle all DNA paternity testing for the state’s 17 counties. “Working with the State of…

DNA Testing Services for the High-Profile Client

Circumstances that require a DNA test are often sensitive. At DDC, we understand this and tailor our testing services to be discreet and protect the client’s privacy. Since 1995, DDC has provided over 600,000 confidential DNA tests to private clients in its 13 years of operation. This confidentiality, combined with DDC’s stringent testing process and…

18 Year Prisoner Freed From Life Sentence Based on DNA Forensics Test Performed By DDC

FAIRFIELD, Ohio, April 8, 2011 – In a landmark case, a prisoner with a life sentence was freed after serving 18 years in a Florida prison, based on DNA findings presented by DNA Diagnostics Center – DDC. DNA analysis and testimony provided by Dr. Julie Heinig, DDC’s DNA Forensics Assistant Laboratory Director, is credited with…

Most Significant Innovation in Paternity Testing In the Last Decade

(Tuesday, August 16, 2011) DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC) the largest provider of private DNA paternity and other DNA tests in the United States and around the world, announced today the company’s exclusive license in the US for the first non-invasive prenatal paternity test using SNP (single-nucleotide polymorphism) Microarray Technology, which requires only a simple blood…

DNA Diagnostics Center Selected by Alpaca Registry, Inc. for Multi-Year Partnership

DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC), the world’s leading private DNA testing laboratory, headquartered in Fairfield, Ohio, today announced that Alpaca Registry, Inc. (ARI) has signed an exclusive partnership with DDC for pedigree and parentage DNA profiling services for registered alpacas. ARI is the largest alpaca pedigree registry in the world, headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska. The only…

DDC Leads Paternity Testing Industry with One Million Satisfied Customers

DDC (DNA Diagnostics Center), the largest provider of private DNA paternity and other DNA testing in the U.S. and worldwide, reached a milestone in 2010 providing DNA paternity testing services to one million customers. This includes more than 5,000 tests performed as part of national TV show partnerships. DDC is the exclusive paternity test provider…

DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC) Names Peter Vitulli President and CEO

DDC’s Board of Directors announced that Peter Vitulli has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of DNA Diagnostics Center, the world’s leading private DNA testing laboratory, headquartered in Fairfield, Ohio. DDC is a portfolio company of MTS Health Investors and Oaktree Capital Management. Peter brings to DDC over thirty years of experience within the…

DNA Diagnostics Center Announces Perfect Rating on Unannounced AABB Laboratory Inspection

Fairfield, Ohio, July 23, 2008 —DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC) is pleased to announce that it has achieved a perfect rating after an unannounced inspection by AABB, the organization that sets industry standards for family relationship testing in the United States. Last week, the lead assessor from the AABB, Dr. George Riley, carefully examined DDC’s performance…

DDC Scientist Announces DNA Test Results for Anna Nicole Smith’s Baby

DNA Diagnostics Center Press Release Fairfield, OH. April 10, 2007—DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC) announced Tuesday results of the DNA test conducted in the paternity case surrounding Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter, Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern. Dr. Michael Baird, DDC’s Laboratory Director, provided the results—confirming Larry Birkhead as the biological father of Dannielynn—to the presiding judge in…